CVE-2018-0151: Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software Quality of Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software Quality of Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
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Description
A vulnerability in the quality of service (QoS) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to incorrect bounds checking of certain values in packets that are destined for UDP port 18999 of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious packets to an affected device. When the packets are processed, an exploitable buffer overflow condition may occur. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected device with elevated privileges. The attacker could also leverage this vulnerability to cause the device to reload, causing a temporary DoS condition while the device is reloading. The malicious packets must be destined to and processed by an affected device. Traffic transiting a device will not trigger the vulnerability. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf73881.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · CWE-119
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Cisco IOS and IOS XE
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-03 (opens in new tab)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-qos (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103540 (opens in new tab)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040582 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)