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CVE-2016-1361

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1361 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco IOS XR through 4.3.2 on Gigabit Switch Router (GSR) 12000 devices. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a line-card restart by sending a crafted UDP packet that bypasses proper Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) header checks. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), this vulnerability has an adjacent attack vector and high attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0075 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 1,749 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 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 (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160311-gsr
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1035314