CVE-2016-1459
Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.5 and IOS XE 3.13 through 3.17 allow remote authenticated...
Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.5 and IOS XE 3.13 through 3.17 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted attributes in a BGP message, aka Bug ID CSCuz21061.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- 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
Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.5 and IOS XE 3.13 through 3.17 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted attributes in a BGP message, aka Bug ID CSCuz21061.
- Record
CVE-2016-1459- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.5 and IOS XE 3.13 through 3.17 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted attributes in a BGP message, aka Bug ID CSCuz21061.
- Record
CVE-2016-1459- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2558 No score
Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.5 and IOS XE 3.13 through 3.17 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted attributes in a BGP message, aka Bug ID CSCuz21061.
- Record
EUVD-2016-2558- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hg4w-xx6x-hv4q
Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.5 and IOS XE 3.13 through 3.17 allow remote authenticated...
Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.5 and IOS XE 3.13 through 3.17 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted attributes in a BGP message, aka Bug ID CSCuz21061.
- Record
GHSA-hg4w-xx6x-hv4q- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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-2016-1459 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Cisco Ios, published July 17, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.35%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.