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CVE-2013-5499

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.7)—
Severity5.7Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability0.51 %higher than 43% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The remember feature in the DHCP server in Cisco IOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) by acquiring a lease and then sending a DHCPRELEASE message, aka Bug ID CSCuh46822.

CVSS

Base score
5.7
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.51 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
43
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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