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CVE-2017-3857

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3857 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco IOS and IOS XE, affecting devices with the L2TP feature enabled. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit insufficient L2TP packet validation by sending a crafted packet, causing the device to reload. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no known public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 12.0, <= 12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 15.0, <= 15.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.1.0, <= 3.18.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0259 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170322-l2tp
VDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/97010
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038100
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry