CVE-2009-5038
N/A
Published: January 7, 2011 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIOS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Cisco IOS before 15.0(1)XA does not properly handle IRC traffic during a specific time period after an initial reload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via an attempted connection to a certain IRC server, related to a "corrupted magic value," aka Bug ID CSCso05336.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/15_0/15_0x/15_01_XA/rn800xa.pdfVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45764VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64682Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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