CVE-2025-20169 — Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value in Cisco IOS XE Software
Severity
7.7HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.58%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 5
Description
A vulnerability in the SNMP subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition on an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to improper error handling when parsing SNMP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SNMP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition.
This vulnerabili…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.1 | Impact: 4.0
Affected Packages4 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-wpp5-72vx-9m3v: A vulnerability in the SNMP subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS con↗2025-02-05
CVEList▶
CVE-2025-20169: A vulnerability in the SNMP subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS con↗2025-02-05
📋Vendor Advisories
2Microsoft▶
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/↗2018-12-11