HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-3356

Ios Xe vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
The metadata flow feature in Cisco IOS 15.1 through 15.3 and IOS XE 3.3.xXO before 3.3.1XO, 3.6.xS and 3.7.xS before 3.7.6S, and 3.8.xS, 3.9.xS, and 3.10.xS before 3.10.1S allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via malformed RSVP packets, aka Bug ID CSCue22753.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Ios Xe
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2014-09-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% 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-2014-3356

  • Confirm whether Cisco Ios Xe is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-3356.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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