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CVE-2016-6381

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6381 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0-15.6, and IOS XE 3.1-3.18 and 16.1. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by sending specially crafted, fragmented IKEv1 packets, leading to memory exhaustion or a device reload. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.4\(15\)t7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4\(15\)t7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4\(15\)t8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4\(15\)t8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4\(15\)t9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4\(15\)t9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4\(15\)t10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4\(15\)t10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4\(15\)t11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4\(15\)t11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0321 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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-ios-ikev1
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93195
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036914