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CVE-2017-6745

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6745 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the cache server of Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite (VDS) for Television 3.2(5)ES1. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending excessive inbound traffic, exhausting system resources and causing the device to reload. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV entry, it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2\(5\)es1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:videoscape_distribution_suite_for_television:3.2\(5\)es1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2\(6\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:videoscape_distribution_suite_for_television:3.2\(6\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2\(7\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:videoscape_distribution_suite_for_television:3.2\(7\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:videoscape_distribution_suite_for_television:3.3\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:videoscape_distribution_suite_for_television:3.4\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0174 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

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-20170802-vds
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100106
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry