⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2022-03-03. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-03-24. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..
CVE-2017-12240 — Improper Input Validation in Cisco IOS
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
12.3%
top 6.12%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2022-03-03
Due 2022-03-24
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 29
KEV addedMar 3
KEV dueMar 24
Latest updateMay 13
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
The DHCP relay subsystem of Cisco IOS 12.2 through 15.6 and Cisco IOS XE Software contains a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and gain full control of an affected system. The attacker could also cause an affected system to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow condition in the DHCP relay subsystem of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by s…
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