CVE-2016-1453
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 6, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNx OS
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%
Description
Buffer overflow in the Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) GRE feature in Cisco NX-OS 5.0 through 7.3 on Nexus 7000 and 7700 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long parameters in a packet header, aka Bug ID CSCuy95701.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
4.1.(2)4.1.(3)4.1.(4)4.1.(5)4.2(3)4.2(4)4.2(6)4.2(8)4.2.(2a)5.0(2a)5.0(3)5.0(5)5.1(1)5.1(1a)5.1(3)5.1(4)5.1(5)5.1(6)5.2(1)5.2(3a)5.2(4)5.2(5)5.2(7)5.2(9)6.0(1)6.0(2)6.0(3)6.0(4)6.1(1)6.1(2)6.1(3)6.1(4)6.1(4a)6.1(5)6.2(10)6.2(12)6.2(14)s16.2(2)6.2(2a)6.2(6)6.2(6b)6.2(8)6.2(8a)6.2(8b)7.2(0)n1(0.1)base
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CISCOMitigation
Source: [email protected]
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-otvVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93409VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036946CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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