VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-4621

high
Published 2012-09-27 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

The Device Sensor feature in Cisco IOS 15.0 through 15.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a DHCP packet, aka Bug ID CSCty96049.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@cisco.com — http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120926-dhcp

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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