CVE-2012-5017

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.8)—

Cisco IOS before 15.1(1)SY1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reload) by establishing a VPN session and then sending malformed IKEv2 packets, aka Bug ID CSCub39268.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Base score: 6.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.51%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 73
Score date: 10/5/2026

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 (8)

Cisco — ASR 1001 Cisco — ASR 1002 Cisco — ASR 1002-x Cisco — ASR 1002 Fixed Router Cisco — ASR 1004 Cisco — ASR 1006 Cisco — ASR 1023 Router Cisco — IOS

CWEs

CWE-20

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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