CVE-2016-6380 describes a critical vulnerability in the DNS forwarder of Cisco IOS and IOS XE, affecting various versions. This flaw allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (data corruption or device reload) through a crafted DNS response. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.0\(3\)tCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0\(3\)t:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0\(3\)t1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0\(3\)t1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0\(3\)t2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0\(3\)t2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0\(3\)t3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0\(3\)t3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0\(3\)xeCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0\(3\)xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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