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CVE-2017-3856

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3856 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the web user interface of Cisco IOS XE versions 3.1 through 3.17, affecting devices with the web UI enabled. This vulnerability, rated 7.5 HIGH on CVSS, allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a device reload by sending a high volume of requests, due to insufficient resource handling. While the attack requires access to the management interface, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1.0sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.1.0s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.0sgCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.1.0sg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.1sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.1.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.1sgCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.1.1sg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.2sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.1.2s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0248 is in the 70th 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-20170322-webui
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97007
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038101