CVE-2016-1428
Double free vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE 3.15S, 3.16S, and 3.17S allows remote authenticated...
Double free vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE 3.15S, 3.16S, and 3.17S allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a sequence of crafted SNMP read requests, aka Bug ID CSCux13174.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Double free vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE 3.15S, 3.16S, and 3.17S allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a sequence of crafted SNMP read requests, aka Bug ID CSCux13174.
- Record
CVE-2016-1428- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Double free vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE 3.15S, 3.16S, and 3.17S allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a sequence of crafted SNMP read requests, aka Bug ID CSCux13174.
- Record
CVE-2016-1428- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2527 No score
Double free vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE 3.15S, 3.16S, and 3.17S allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a sequence of crafted SNMP read requests, aka Bug ID CSCux13174.
- Record
EUVD-2016-2527- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8wv6-5hv9-2fh8
Double free vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE 3.15S, 3.16S, and 3.17S allows remote authenticated...
Double free vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE 3.15S, 3.16S, and 3.17S allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a sequence of crafted SNMP read requests, aka Bug ID CSCux13174.
- Record
GHSA-8wv6-5hv9-2fh8- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-1428 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Cisco Ios Xe, published June 23, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.18%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.