CVE-2025-20170 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the SNMP subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software, stemming from improper error handling of crafted SNMP requests. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.7 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and requiring low privileges, leading to high availability impact. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.2\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.2\(1\)dxCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2\(1\)dx:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.2\(1\)dx1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2\(1\)dx1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.2\(1\)m0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2\(1\)m0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.2\(1\)mb1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2\(1\)mb1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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