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CVE-2005-0197

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—
Severity6.1Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.70 %higher than 77% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Cisco IOS 12.1T, 12.2, 12.2T, 12.3 and 12.3T, with Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) installed but disabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted packet sent to the disabled interface.

CVSS

Base score
6.1
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.70 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
77
Score date
10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Cisco — IOS

CWEs

References

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