CVE-2019-12659

Cisco IOS XE Software HTTP Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

Medium · published September 25, 2019

CVSS v3.0
5.3
EPSS
2%
Percentile
78.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the HTTP server code of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the HTTP server to crash. The vulnerability is due to a logical error in the logging mechanism. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by generating a high amount of long-lived connections to the HTTP service on the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the HTTP server to crash.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01824 · 78.6th percentile
Published
2019-09-25T20:15Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 SEP 20:15Z
    Cisco IOS XE Software HTTP Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
    cvelistv5