CVE-2019-12658 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software, stemming from ineffective filesystem resource management. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending specific messages to operating system log files, exhausting filesystem space. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) has a low attack complexity and can cause devices to crash and reload, leading to an extended DoS condition. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
16.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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