CVE-2018-0161

MEDIUM
6.3
CVSS Score
Published: March 28, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:29 AM UTC
15 products affected across 1 vendorIOSCatalyst 2960L-48Ps-LlCatalyst 2960L-16Ps-Ll

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Severity
MEDIUM6.3
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score4.1%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 4.1% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 91% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software running on certain models of Cisco Catalyst Switches could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause 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 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software running on certain models of Cisco Catalyst Switches could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition, aka a GET MIB Object ID Denial of Service Vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to a condition that could occur when the affected software processes an SNMP read request that contains a request for the ciscoFlashMIB object ID (OID). An attacker could trigger this vulnerability by issuing an SNMP GET request for the ciscoFlashMIB OID on an affected device. A successful exploit could cause the affected device to restart due to a SYS-3-CPUHOG. This vulnerability affects the following Cisco devices if they are running a vulnerable release of Cisco IOS Software and are configured to use SNMP Version 2 (SNMPv2) or SNMP Version 3 (SNMPv3): Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Series Switches, Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches 8P, Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches 8U. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd89541.

Affected

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

cisco-catalyst-2960l-16ps-ll (environment) · cisco-catalyst-2960l-16ts-ll (environment) · cisco-catalyst-2960l-24pq-ll (environment) · cisco-catalyst-2960l-24ps-ll (environment) · cisco-catalyst-2960l-24tq-ll (environment) · cisco-catalyst-2960l-24ts-ll (environment) · cisco-catalyst-2960l-48pq-ll (environment) · cisco-catalyst-2960l-48ps-ll (environment) · cisco-catalyst-2960l-48tq-ll (environment) · cisco-catalyst-2960l-48ts-ll (environment) · cisco-catalyst-2960l-8ps-ll (environment) · cisco-catalyst-2960l-8ts-ll (environment) · cisco-catalyst-digital-building-series-switches-8p (environment) · cisco-catalyst-digital-building-series-switches-8u (environment)
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Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103573
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040589
US Government Resource
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0161

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

6.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-399NVD-CWE-noinfo

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