7.1

CVE-2015-0608: cisco ios Race Condition

Modified
Published 12-02-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-0608 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Race Condition vulnerability in cisco ios. EPSS estimates a 1.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.78%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-02-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Race condition in the Measurement, Aggregation, and Correlation Engine (MACE) implementation in Cisco IOS 15.4(2)T3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted network traffic that triggers improper handling of the timing of process switching and Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) switching, aka Bug ID CSCul48736.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.78% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cisco1 product
  • ios≤ 15.4\(2\)t3 | 15.4\(1\)t | 15.4\(1\)t1 | 15.4\(1\)t2 | 15.4\(1\)t3 | 15.4\(1\)t4 | 15.4\(2\)t | 15.4\(2\)t1 | 15.4\(2\)t2 | 15.4t

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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