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CVE-2016-9216

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9216 is an IKE Packet Parsing Denial of Service vulnerability affecting Cisco ASR 5000 Software. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this flaw to cause the ipsecmgr process to reload, leading to a denial of service. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, with a direct impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
20.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_series_software:20.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_series_software:20.0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.0.1.a0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_series_software:20.0.1.a0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.0.1.v0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_series_software:20.0.1.v0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.0.m0.62842CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_series_software:20.0.m0.62842:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0294 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 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 0.4 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-20170118-asr
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95629
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037652