CVE-2016-1453 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Cisco Nx-os

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer4 documents4 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
26.1%
top 3.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Cisco Nx-os
Timeline
PublishedOct 6
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Buffer overflow in the Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) GRE feature in Cisco NX-OS 5.0 through 7.3 on Nexus 7000 and 7700 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long parameters in a packet header, aka Bug ID CSCuy95701.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDcisco/nx-os46 versions+45

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gm4r-22mh-3f5q: Buffer overflow in the Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) GRE feature in Cisco NX-OS 5↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-1453: Buffer overflow in the Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) GRE feature in Cisco NX-OS 5↗2016-10-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco Nexus 7000 and 7700 Series Switches Overlay Transport Virtualization Buffer Overflow Vulnerability↗2016-10-05
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CVE-2016-1453 — Cisco Nx-os vulnerability | cvebase