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CVE-2018-0331

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0331 describes a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) subsystem of devices running Cisco NX-OS Software, affecting numerous Cisco Nexus and UCS series products, as well as Firepower appliances. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can trigger this flaw by sending a specially crafted CDP message, leading to a device restart and DoS condition. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating an attack vector of adjacent network, low attack 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
>= 7.1, < 7.1\(5\)n1\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.3, < 7.3\(3\)n1\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0066 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 1,802 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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-20180620-nxos-cdp
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1041169
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry