CVE-2012-1357

medium

Published 2012-08-06 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

The igmp_snoop_orib_fill_source_update function in the IGMP process in NX-OS 5.0 and 5.1 on Cisco Nexus 5000 series switches allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via IGMP packets, aka Bug ID CSCts46521.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.