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Actively exploited · Published Mar 28, 2018 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2018-0172

High 8.6 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity improper input validation in Cisco IOS and IOS XE. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 3, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 7.8% (higher than 95% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.6High
Exploit odds (30 days)7.8%top 5.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Mar 3, 2022
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Mar 17, 2022.

Official description

A vulnerability in the DHCP option 82 encapsulation functionality of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability exists because the affected software performs incomplete input validation of option 82 information that it receives in DHCP Version 4 (DHCPv4) packets from DHCP relay agents. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted DHCPv4 packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a heap overflow condition on the affected device, which will cause the device to reload and result in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg62730.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Cisco IOS and IOS XE Cisco IOS and IOS XE

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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