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CVE-2011-2586

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.4)—
Severity5.4Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.19 %higher than 68% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The HTTP client in Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a malformed HTTP response to a request for service installation, aka Bug ID CSCts12249.

CVSS

Base score
5.4
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.19 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
68
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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