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CVE-2017-3864

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3864 describes a denial of service vulnerability in the DHCP client implementation of Cisco IOS and IOS XE. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending crafted DHCP packets to an affected device configured as a DHCP client, causing a reload. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 8.6, indicating a significant impact due to its network attack vector and high availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 15.0, <= 15.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.3, <= 3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.6HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0267 is in the 72nd 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-dhcpc
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97012
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038103
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry