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CVE-2016-1428

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1428 is a double free vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE versions 3.15S, 3.16S, and 3.17S. This flaw allows remote authenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service, leading to a device restart, through a series of specially crafted SNMP read requests. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), the vulnerability requires authentication and has low attack complexity, but can result in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.15.0sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.15.0s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.16.0sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.16.0s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.17.0sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.17.0s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 21,958 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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-20160620-iosxe
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1036140