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01 Record

CVE-2015-6260

Cisco NX-OS 7.1(1)N1(1) on Nexus 5500, 5600, and 6000 devices does not properly validate PDUs in SNMP packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SNMP application restart) via

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Cisco NX-OS 7.1(1)N1(1) on Nexus 5500, 5600, and 6000 devices does not properly validate PDUs in SNMP packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SNMP application restart) via

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 83.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2016-03-03 22:00Z10 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 07:15Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2015-08-17
Assigning CNA
cisco
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
61d44863332dd29d50dee45b978b928ee0868409f70a3e6624ef92142f023c76

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
cisconexus_5548pNot specified—
cisconexus_5548upNot specified—
cisconexus_5596tNot specified—
cisconexus_5596upNot specified—
cisconexus_56128pNot specified—
cisconexus_5624qNot specified—
cisconexus_5648qNot specified—
cisconexus_5672upNot specified—
cisconexus_5696qNot specified—
zyxelgs1900-10hp_firmwareNot specified—

06 References