CVE-2018-0471 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2018-0471

Cisco IOS XE Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Memory Leak Vulnerability

7.4 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) module of Cisco IOS XE Software Releases 16.6.1 and 16.6.2 could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a memory leak that may lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of certain CDP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending certain CDP packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could cause an affected device to continuously consume memory and eventually result in a memory allocation failure that leads to a crash, triggering a reload of the affected device.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

Cisco

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Affected Software

Cisco IOS XE Software

Vulnerable Versions:

Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: October 5th, 2018

Last Modified: November 26th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service

T1498 Network Denial of Service