CVE-2016-6385 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-6385

Memory leak in the Smart Install client implementation in Cisco...

Vulnerability Description

Memory leak in the Smart Install client implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.2 and IOS XE 3.2 through 3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted image-list parameters, aka Bug ID CSCuy82367.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ios, ios xe
Vulnerable Versions:
12.2\(35\)ex, 12.2\(35\)ex1, 12.2\(35\)ex2, 12.2\(35\)se, 12.2\(35\)se1, 12.2\(35\)se2, 12.2\(35\)se3, 12.2\(35\)se4, 12.2\(35\)se5, 12.2\(37\)ex, 12.2\(37\)ey, 12.2\(37\)se, 12.2\(37\)se1, 12.2\(40\)ex, 12.2\(40\)ex1, 12.2\(40\)ex2, 12.2\(40\)ex3, 12.2\(40\)se, 12.2\(40\)se1, 12.2\(40\)se2, 12.2\(44\)ex, 12.2\(44\)ex1, 12.2\(44\)ey, 12.2\(44\)se, 12.2\(44\)se1, 12.2\(44\)se2, 12.2\(44\)se3, 12.2\(44\)se4, 12.2\(44\)se5, 12.2\(44\)se6, 12.2\(46\)ex, 12.2\(46\)ey, 12.2\(46\)se, 12.2\(46\)se1, 12.2\(46\)se2, 12.2\(50\)se, 12.2\(50\)se1, 12.2\(50\)se2, 12.2\(50\)se3, 12.2\(50\)se4, 12.2\(50\)se5, 12.2\(52\)ex, 12.2\(52\)ex1, 12.2\(52\)se, 12.2\(52\)se1, 12.2\(53\)ex, 12.2\(53\)ey, 12.2\(53\)ez, 12.2\(53\)se, 12.2\(53\)se1, 12.2\(53\)se2, 12.2\(54\)se, 12.2\(55\)ex, 12.2\(55\)ex1, 12.2\(55\)ex2, 12.2\(55\)ex3, 12.2\(55\)ey, 12.2\(55\)ez, 12.2\(55\)se, 12.2\(55\)se1, 12.2\(55\)se2, 12.2\(55\)se3, 12.2\(55\)se4, 12.2\(55\)se5, 12.2\(55\)se6, 12.2\(55\)se7, 12.2\(55\)se8, 12.2\(55\)se9, 12.2\(55\)se10, 12.2\(58\)ex, 12.2\(58\)ey, 12.2\(58\)ey1, 12.2\(58\)ey2, 12.2\(58\)ez, 12.2\(58\)se, 12.2\(58\)se1, 12.2\(58\)se2, 12.2\(60\)ez, 12.2\(60\)ez1, 12.2\(60\)ez2, 12.2\(60\)ez3, 12.2\(60\)ez4, 12.2\(60\)ez5, 12.2\(60\)ez6, 12.2\(60\)ez7, 12.2\(60\)ez8, 15.0\(1\)ex, 15.0\(1\)ey, 15.0\(1\)ey1, 15.0\(1\)ey2, 15.0\(1\)se, 15.0\(1\)se1, 15.0\(1\)se2, 15.0\(1\)se3, 15.0\(2\)eb, 15.0\(2\)ec, 15.0\(2\)ed, 15.0\(2\)ed1, 15.0\(2\)eh, 15.0\(2\)ej, 15.0\(2\)ej1, 15.0\(2\)ek, 15.0\(2\)ek1, 15.0\(2\)ex, 15.0\(2\)ex1, 15.0\(2\)ex2, 15.0\(2\)ex3, 15.0\(2\)ex4, 15.0\(2\)ex5, 15.0\(2\)ex8, 15.0\(2\)ex10, 15.0\(2\)ey, 15.0\(2\)ey1, 15.0\(2\)ey2, 15.0\(2\)ey3, 15.0\(2\)ez, 15.0\(2\)se, 15.0\(2\)se1, 15.0\(2\)se2, 15.0\(2\)se3, 15.0\(2\)se4, 15.0\(2\)se5, 15.0\(2\)se6, 15.0\(2\)se7, 15.0\(2\)se9, 15.0\(2a\)ex5, 15.0\(2a\)se9, 15.1\(2\)sg, 15.1\(2\)sg1, 15.1\(2\)sg2, 15.1\(2\)sg3, 15.1\(2\)sg4, 15.1\(2\)sg5, 15.1\(2\)sg6, 15.1\(2\)sg7, 15.2\(1\)e, 15.2\(1\)e1, 15.2\(1\)e2, 15.2\(1\)e3, 15.2\(1\)ey, 15.2\(2\)e, 15.2\(2\)e1, 15.2\(2\)e2, 15.2\(2\)e4, 15.2\(2\)eb, 15.2\(2\)eb1, 15.2\(2\)eb2, 15.2\(2a\)e1, 15.2\(3\)e, 15.2\(3\)e1, 15.2\(3\)e2, 15.2\(3\)e3, 15.2\(3a\)e, 15.2\(3m\)e2, 15.2\(3m\)e3, 15.2\(4\)e, 15.2\(4\)e1, 15.2\(4m\)e1, 3.2.0ja, 3.2.0se, 3.2.1se, 3.2.2se, 3.2.3se, 3.3.0se, 3.3.0xo, 3.3.1se, 3.3.1xo, 3.3.2se, 3.3.2xo, 3.3.3se, 3.3.4se, 3.3.5se, 3.5.0e, 3.5.1e, 3.5.2e, 3.5.3e, 3.6.0e, 3.6.1e, 3.6.2ae, 3.6.2e, 3.6.3e, 3.6.4e, 3.7.0e, 3.7.1e, 3.7.2e, 3.7.3e, 3.7.5e, 3.8.0e, 3.8.1e, 3.8.2e

Timeline

Official Publish: October 5th, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.