CVE-2018-0177

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 28, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:30 AM UTC
117 products affected across 1 vendorIOS XeAsr 1002-xAsr 1001-X

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the IP Version 4 (IPv4) processing code of Cisco IOS XE Software running on Cisco Catalyst 3850 and Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high CPU utilization, traceback messages, 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 IPv4 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specific IPv4 packets to an IPv4 address on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause high CPU utilization, traceback messages, or a reload of the affected device that leads to a DoS condition. If the switch does not reboot when under attack, it would require manual intervention to reload the device. This vulnerability affects Cisco Catalyst 3850 and Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches that are running Cisco IOS XE Software Release 16.1.1 or later, until the first fixed release, and are configured with an IPv4 address. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd80714.

Affected

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

cisco-4321-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4331-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4351-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4431-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4451-x-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-asr-1000-series-route-processor-rp2 (environment) · cisco-asr-1000-series-route-processor-rp3 (environment) · cisco-asr-1001-hx (environment) · cisco-asr-1001-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1002-hx (environment) · cisco-asr-1002-x (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-12x48fd-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-12x48fd-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-12x48fd-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-12x48uq-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-12x48uq-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-12x48uq-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-12x48ur-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-12x48ur-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-12x48ur-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-12x48uz-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24pd-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24pd-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24pd-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24pdm-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24pdm-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24pdm-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24ps-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24ps-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24ps-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24td-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24td-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24td-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24ts-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24ts-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-24ts-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48fd-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48fd-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48fd-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48fq-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48fq-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48fq-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48fqm-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48fqm-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48fqm-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48fs-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48fs-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48fs-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48pd-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48pd-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48pd-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48pq-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48pq-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48pq-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48ps-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48ps-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48ps-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48td-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48td-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48td-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48tq-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48tq-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48tq-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48ts-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48ts-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-48ts-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-8x24pd-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-8x24pd-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-8x24pd-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-8x24uq-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-8x24uq-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3650-8x24uq-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-12s-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-12s-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-12xs-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-12xs-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-16xs-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-16xs-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24p-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24p-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24p-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24s-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24s-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24t-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24t-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24t-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24u-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24u-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24u-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24xs-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24xs-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24xu-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24xu-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24xu-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-32xs-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-32xs-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48f-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48f-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48f-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48p-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48p-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48p-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48t-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48t-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48t-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48u-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48u-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48u-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48xs-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48xs-f-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48xs-f-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48xs-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-c3850-12x48u-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-c3850-12x48u-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-c3850-12x48u-s (environment) · cisco-cloud-services-router-1000v (environment)
All versions
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103563
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040588

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-19NVD-CWE-noinfo

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