01 Record
CVE-2016-1453
Buffer overflow in the Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) GRE feature in Cisco NX-OS 5.0 through 7.3 on Nexus 7000 and 7700 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) GRE feature in Cisco NX-OS 5.0 through 7.3 on Nexus 7000 and 7700 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long
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
- 8.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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
- 2016-10-06 10:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 22:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-01-04
- Assigning CNA
- cisco
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ec4ac5f1600b97f023107ab2e142012e7d5753414c50b5b9b75d8a69030edf44
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- tools.cisco.com20161005 Cisco Nexus 7000 and 7700 Series Switches Overlay Transport Virtualization Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-otv
- www.securityfocus.com93409http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93409
- www.securitytracker.com1036946http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036946