CVE-2012-4623

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

Description

The DHCPv6 server in Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.2 and IOS XE 2.1.x through 2.6.x, 3.1.xS before 3.1.4S, 3.1.xSG and 3.2.xSG before 3.2.5SG, 3.2.xS, 3.2.xXO, 3.3.xS, and 3.3.xSG before 3.3.1SG allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a malformed DHCPv6 packet, aka Bug ID CSCto57723.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

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-dhcpv6

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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