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CVE-2012-6396

N/A

Published: January 19, 2013 at 08:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM UTC

5 products affected across 1 vendorNx OSNexus 7000Nexus 7000 18-slot

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.9%

Description

Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 7000 series switches does not properly handle certain line-card replacements, which might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted configuration that references interfaces that do not exist on the new card, aka Bug ID CSCud44300.

Affected

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

Nexus 7000 · Cisco

95%

All versions

Nexus 7000 10-slot · Cisco

95%

All versions

Nexus 7000 18-slot · Cisco

95%

All versions

Nexus 7000 9-slot · Cisco

95%

All versions

Nx OS · Cisconpm

95%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-6396

References (2)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CISCO

Source: [email protected]

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-6396

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028018

CVSS

4.9MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-399

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