CVE-2012-1340 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) implementation of Cisco MDS NX-OS 4.2 and 5.2 on MDS 9000 series switches, allowing remote attackers to trigger a module reload via a crafted FCIP header. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but its impact is limited to availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:mds_9000_nx-os:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:mds_9000_nx-os:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.