CVE-2016-1465

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Published 2016-07-28 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2

6.1

VIR risk

6.5

Description

Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch (AVS) devices before 5.2(1)SV3(1.5i) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ESXi hypervisor crash and purple screen) via a crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packet that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, aka Bug ID CSCuw57985.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

65%

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-20160727-avs

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160727-avs
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92154
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036469
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160727-avs
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92154
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036469

CWEs

CWE-399

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