7.5

CVE-2016-6455: cisco asr_5000_software Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
Published 03-11-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-6455 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in cisco asr_5000_software. EPSS estimates a 1.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.75%
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. 03-11-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the Slowpath of StarOS for Cisco ASR 5500 Series routers with Data Processing Card 2 (DPC2) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a subset of the subscriber sessions to be disconnected, resulting in a partial denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability affects Cisco ASR 5500 devices with Data Processing Card 2 (DPC2) running StarOS 18.0 or later. More Information: CSCvb12081. Known Affected Releases: 18.7.4 19.5.0 20.0.2.64048 20.2.3 21.0.0. Known Fixed Releases: 18.7.4 18.7.4.65030 18.8.M0.65044 19.5.0 19.5.0.65092 19.5.M0.65023 19.5.M0.65050 20.2.3 20.2.3.64982 20.2.3.65017 20.2.a4.65307 20.3.M0.64984 20.3.M0.65029 20.3.M0.65037 20.3.M0.65071 20.3.T0.64985 20.3.T0.65031 20.3.T0.65043 20.3.T0.65067 21.0.0 21.0.0.65256 21.0.M0.64922 21.0.M0.64983 21.0.M0.65140 21.0.V0.65150 21.1.A0.64932 21.1.A0.64987 21.1.A0.65145 21.1.PP0.65270 21.1.R0.65130 21.1.R0.65135 21.1.R0.65154 21.1.VC0.65203 21.2.A0.65147.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.75% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.75%

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

Affected systems

Cisco1 product
  • asr_5000_software18.0.0 | 18.0.0.57828 | 18.0.0.59167 | 18.0.0.59211 | 18.0.l0.59219 | 18.1.0 | 18.1.0.59776 | 18.1.0.59780 | 18.1_base | 18.3.0 | 18.3_base | 18.4.0 | 19.0.1 | 19.0.m0.60737 | 19.0.m0.60828 | 19.0.m0.61045 | 19.1.0 | 19.1.0.61559 | 19.2.0 | 19.3.0 | 20.0.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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