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CVE-2010-0583

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—
Severity7.8High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability3.05 %higher than 87% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Memory leak in the H.323 implementation in Cisco IOS 12.1 through 12.4, and 15.0M before 15.0(1)M1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and device reload) via malformed H.323 packets, aka Bug ID CSCtb93855.

CVSS

Base score
7.8
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
3.05 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
87
Score date
10/21/2026

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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Raw JSON (NVD)

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