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CVE-2017-3849

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3849 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Autonomic Networking Infrastructure (ANI) registrar feature of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit incomplete input validation by sending a crafted autonomic network channel discovery packet, causing the affected device to reload. With a CVSS score of 7.4 (High), this vulnerability has an adjacent attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, though it received limited media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
15.2\(3\)eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(3\)e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2\(3\)e1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(3\)e1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2\(3\)e2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(3\)e2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2\(3\)e3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(3\)e3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2\(4\)eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(4\)e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0076 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 1,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 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-20170320-ani
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96972
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038064