CVE-2017-6599 describes a memory leak vulnerability in Cisco IOS XR Software when gRPC is enabled, affecting the Event Management Service daemon (emsd). An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service (DoS) by crashing the emsd process. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), it requires no user interaction and has low impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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