CVE-2015-0618

high

Published 2015-02-21 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.1

Description

Cisco IOS XR 5.0.1 and 5.2.1 on Network Convergence System (NCS) 6000 devices and 5.1.3 and 5.1.4 on Carrier Routing System X (CRS-X) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (line-card reload) via malformed IPv6 packets with extension headers, aka Bug ID CSCuq95241.

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.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
cisco	carrier_routing_system	`5.1.3`
cisco	carrier_routing_system	`5.1.4`

References

CWEs

CWE-19

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

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