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CVE-2012-0386

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0386 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the SSHv2 implementation of Cisco IOS and IOS XE. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can trigger a device reload by sending a crafted username during a reverse SSH login attempt. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector and complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
3.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0312 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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 / 80695
secunia.com / advisories/48609
secunia.com / advisories/48641
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74404
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120328-ssh
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/52752
securitytracker.com / id