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CVE-2016-6457

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6457 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Leaf Switches in ACI mode and the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC). An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this flaw to disrupt device operations. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it requires adjacent network access and has low attack complexity, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.2\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.2\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.3\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.3\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:2.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0072 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 1,802 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscoworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161102-n9kapic
MitigationVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94077
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037185
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry