CVE-2012-5014 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS versions prior to 15.1(2)SY. An authenticated remote attacker can crash the device by establishing an SSH session and then placing the client into a slow or idle state. With a CVSS score of 6.3 (medium severity), this vulnerability requires authenticated access and moderate attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 15.1\(1\)sy3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1\(1\)syCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.1\(1\)sy:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1\(1\)sy1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.1\(1\)sy1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1\(1\)sy2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.1\(1\)sy2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
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