VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-1465

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.94%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-07-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

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