CVE-2009-2055

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: August 19, 2009 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIOS Xr

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score3.3%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 3.3% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 89% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Cisco IOS XR,when BGP is the configured routing feature, allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS).

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Mar 25, 2022
Remediation Due
Apr 15, 2022
1657 days overdue

Description

Cisco IOS XR 3.4.0 through 3.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session reset) via a BGP UPDATE message with an invalid attribute, as demonstrated in the wild on 17 August 2009.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.9MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-20

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