VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-6270

high
Published 2015-08-31 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

Cisco IOS XE before 2.2.3 on ASR 1000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Embedded Services Processor crash) via a crafted IPv6 packet, aka Bug ID CSCsv98555.

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/viewAlert.x?alertId=40687

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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