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CVE-2019-1740

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-1740 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software when the Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR) feature is enabled. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit a parsing issue with crafted DNS packets to cause an affected device to reload. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.6 (High) due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on availability. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2.0jaCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.2.0ja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.16.0asCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.16.0as:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.16.0bsCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.16.0bs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.16.0csCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.16.0cs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.16.0sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.16.0s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.6HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0219 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190327-nbar
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/107597
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry