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CVE-2015-4199

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.1)—

Race condition in the IPv6-to-IPv4 functionality in Cisco IOS 15.3S in the Performance Routing Engine (PRE) module on UBR devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer free and module crash) by triggering intermittent connectivity with many IPv6 CPE devices, aka Bug ID CSCug47366.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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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