MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2014-3299

Ios vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Cisco IOS allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reload) via malformed IPsec packets, aka Bug ID CSCui79745.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Ios
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2014-06-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-3299

  • Confirm whether Cisco Ios is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-3299.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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