CVE-2012-1324 describes a race condition vulnerability in the Zone-Based Firewall of Cisco IOS versions 15.1 and 15.2, specifically when IPS policies are configured. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service, causing the affected Cisco device to crash, by sending specially crafted IPv6 packets. With a CVSS score of 7.1, it is considered highly severe due to its remote attack vector and potential for complete system unavailability, though it requires medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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