7.8

CVE-2012-2469: cisco nexus_7000_firmware

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
Published 06-08-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2469 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in cisco nexus_7000_firmware. EPSS estimates a 1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.80%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-08-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cisco NX-OS 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 on Nexus 7000 series switches, when the High Availability (HA) policy is configured for Reset, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reset) via a malformed Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) packet, aka Bug IDs CSCtk34535 and CSCtk19132.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.80%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.80% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.80%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Cisco5 products

1 vendor · 5 products

References

3 links