MEDIUMCVSS v3.1 6.5Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2022-03-03Vulnerability

CVE-2017-12238

A vulnerability in the Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) code of Cisco IOS for Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service.

Properties

Euvd product
Cisco IOS
Vulnerability name
Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches VPLS Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
First seen
2026-01-12T21:46:19+00:00
Cvss score
6.5
Epss score
0.02017
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2022-03-24
Euvd assigner
cisco
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
Exploited euvd since
2022-03-03T00:00:00+00:00
Src batch id
epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2022-03-03
Score
6.5
Euvd base score version
3.1
Fetched at
2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Related Entities (29 · showing 23)

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (26 · showing 20)

→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6513-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6513:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6509-v-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-2:2.2\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-1:3.1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6000_ws-x6380-nam:2.1\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6503-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-1:2.2\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6506-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6509-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6000_ws-svc-nam-2:2.2\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:c6800-16p10g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6509-neb-a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6504-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-2:3.1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-x6380-nam:2.1\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6000_ws-svc-nam-2:3.1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

DESCRIBES (1)

←[KEVEntry]Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches VPLS Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

→[Weakness]CWE-399

INVOLVES (1)

←[Signal]kev_added · 2022-03-03

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