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CVE-2012-0385

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0385 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Smart Install feature of Cisco IOS versions 12.2, 15.0, 15.1, and 15.2. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a malformed Smart Install message over TCP, causing the affected device to reload. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0299 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

osvdb.org / 80694
secunia.com / advisories/48610
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74430
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120328-smartinstall
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/52756
securitytracker.com / id