CVE-2018-0292 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the IGMP Snooping feature of Cisco NX-OS Software, impacting numerous Nexus series switches. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this by sending crafted IGMP packets. This allows for arbitrary code execution, leading to full system control, or a denial of service through system reload. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the attack vector is adjacent, low complexity, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.0, < 7.3\(3\)n1\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.2, < 8.1\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1, < 13.1\(1i\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.0\(3\)i4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0\(3\)i5, < 7.0\(3\)i7\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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