CVE-2017-12211 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software, specifically within the IPv6 SNMP code. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this flaw by polling IPv6 information, leading to high CPU utilization or a device reload due to IPv6 sub block corruption. The CVSS score is 5.3, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on availability, but requiring low privileges and high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploit codes or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:3.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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