CVE-2012-3079

high

Published 2012-09-16 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

7.8

VIR risk

7.8

Description

Cisco IOS 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by establishing many IPv6 neighbors, aka Bug ID CSCtn78957.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

CWEs

CWE-399

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