CVE-2015-6273 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE before 3.1.2S on ASR 1000 devices. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the Embedded Services Processor (ESP) by sending crafted IP packets, due to improper handling of Virtual Fragment Reassembly (VFR) by firewall and NAT components. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and leading to a complete loss of availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.0sCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.1.0s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.1sCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.1.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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