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CVE-2015-6294

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—

Cisco IOS 15.2(3)E and earlier and IOS XE 3.6(2)E and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (functionality loss) via crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) packets, aka Bug ID CSCuu25770.

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 (2)

Cisco — IOSCisco — IOS XE

CWEs

References

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