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CVE-2018-0161

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.3
EPSS
0.04667
Risk score
51.83
CISA KEV
Yes
PoC
No
Published
2018-03-28
Modified
2026-01-12
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2018-0984, GHSA-67F4-59MC-W493
Products
Cisco:IOS Software, n/a:Cisco IOS Cisco IOS
Sources
euvd EUVD-2018-0984
cisa.gov CVE-2018-0161

Description

A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software running on certain models of Cisco Catalyst Switches could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition, aka a GET MIB Object ID Denial of Service Vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to a condition that could occur when the affected software processes an SNMP read request that contains a request for the ciscoFlashMIB object ID (OID). An attacker could trigger this vulnerability by issuing an SNMP GET request for the ciscoFlashMIB OID on an affected device. A successful exploit could cause the affected device to restart due to a SYS-3-CPUHOG. This vulnerability affects the following Cisco devices if they are running a vulnerable release of Cisco IOS Software and are configured to use SNMP Version 2 (SNMPv2) or SNMP Version 3 (SNMPv3): Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Series Switches, Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches 8P, Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches 8U. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd89541.

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