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CVE-2013-1146

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1146 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Smart Install client functionality of Cisco IOS versions 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.3 on Catalyst switches. Remote attackers can trigger a device reload by sending crafted image list parameters within Smart Install packets. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0\(1\)seCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.0\(1\)se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
1.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0133 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (4)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
envoyvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
mozillavendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
pythonvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (3)

mozillallm-mozilla-4644214db48fd01aCRITICAL

Cisco IOS Smart Install Client Feature Malformed Config / Boot Image File Upload Remote Code Execution

Mar 27, 2013
envoyllm-envoy-f11131a805bd39f8CRITICAL

Cisco IOS Smart Install Client Feature Malformed Config / Boot Image File Upload Remote Code Execution

Mar 27, 2013
pythonllm-python-c709f44d0994229bCRITICAL

Cisco IOS Smart Install Client Feature Malformed Config / Boot Image File Upload Remote Code Execution

Mar 27, 2013

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130327-smartinstall
Vendor Advisory