CVE-2013-5473 is a memory leak vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS and IOS XE, specifically versions 12.2, 15.1, 15.2, and certain 3.xS releases. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service, potentially causing memory exhaustion or device reloads, by sending malformed IKEv1 packets. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and critical impact on availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4.2sCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.4.2s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4.3sCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.4.3s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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