CVE-2018-0171

Basic Information

CVE State

PUBLISHED

Reserved Date

November 27, 2017

Published Date

March 28, 2018

Last Updated

November 13, 2024

Vendor

Cisco

Product

Cisco IOS and IOS XE

Description

A vulnerability in the Smart Install feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition, or to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of packet data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted Smart Install message to an affected device on TCP port 4786. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a buffer overflow on the affected device, which could have the following impacts: Triggering a reload of the device, Allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device, Causing an indefinite loop on the affected device that triggers a watchdog crash. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg76186.

Tags

ios cisa edge

CVSS Scores

SSVC Information

Exploitation

active

Automatable

Yes

Technical Impact

total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild

Yes (2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source