CVE-2012-3062 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco IOS versions prior to 15.1(1)SY when Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping is enabled. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending MLD packets on networks with numerous IPv6 hosts, leading to high CPU utilization or device crashes. With a CVSS score of 5.7, this vulnerability has an adjacent attack vector and medium attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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