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CVE-2017-3859

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3859 is a format string vulnerability in the DHCP code for the Zero Touch Provisioning feature of Cisco ASR 920 Series Aggregation Services Routers running Cisco IOS XE Software versions 3.13 through 3.18. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted DHCP packet to cause a device reload, leading to a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.13.4sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.13.4s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.13.5asCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.13.5as:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.13.5sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.13.5s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.13.6asCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.13.6as:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.13.6sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.13.6s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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 51,506 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

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170322-ztp
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97008
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038104