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CVE-2016-6378

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6378 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE versions 3.1 through 3.17 and 16.1 through 16.2. Remote attackers can trigger a device reload by sending crafted ICMP packets that require Network Address Translation (NAT). This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a severe impact (device reload) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. 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
3.1.3sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.1.3s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.4asCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.1.4as:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.4sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.1.4s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.1sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.2.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.2sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.2.2s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0194 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-esp-nat
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93200
securitytracker.com / id/1036914