CVE-2018-0158

HIGH
8.6
CVSS Score
Published: March 28, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:29 AM UTC
11 products affected across 1 vendorIOSIOS XeAsr 1002-x· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
HIGH8.6
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score7.2%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 7.2% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 94% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

A vulnerability in the implementation of Internet Key Exchange Version 1 (IKEv1) functionality in Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Mar 3, 2022
Remediation Due
Mar 17, 2022
1685 days overdue

Description

A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) module of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a memory leak or a reload of an affected device that leads to a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of certain IKEv2 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted IKEv2 packets to an affected device to be processed. A successful exploit could cause an affected device to continuously consume memory and eventually reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf22394.

Affected

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

cisco-asr-1001-hx (environment) · cisco-asr-1001-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1002-hx (environment) · cisco-asr-1002-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1004 (environment) · cisco-asr-1006 (environment) · cisco-asr-1006-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1009-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1013 (environment) · rockwellautomation-allen-bradley-stratix-5900 (environment)
cisco-asr-1001-hx (environment) · cisco-asr-1001-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1002-hx (environment) · cisco-asr-1002-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1004 (environment) · cisco-asr-1006 (environment) · cisco-asr-1006-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1009-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1013 (environment) · rockwellautomation-allen-bradley-stratix-5900 (environment)
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Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (6)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103566
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040595
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryUS Government ResourceVDB Entry
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-03
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryUS Government ResourceVDB Entry
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-04
US Government Resource
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0158

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveAutomatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

8.6HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-20CWE-401

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