CVE-2019-16026

Cisco Mobility Management Entity Denial of Service Vulnerability

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: January 26, 2020 at 04:45 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:21 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorStarosAsr 5000Asr 5500

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the implementation of the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) on Cisco Mobility Management Entity (MME) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an eNodeB that is connected to an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of SCTP traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by leveraging a man-in-the-middle position between the eNodeB and the MME and then sending a crafted SCTP message to the MME. A successful exploit would cause the MME to stop sending SCTP messages to the eNodeB, triggering a DoS condition.

Affected

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

v < 21.16.1
Affected range stops below 21.16.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-asr-5000 (environment) · cisco-asr-5500 (environment) · cisco-asr-5700 (environment)
All versions
All versions
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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