CVE-2016-6391
Cisco IOS 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
Cisco IOS 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic-processing outage) via a crafted series of Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) requests, aka Bug ID CSCur69036.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- 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 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic-processing outage) via a crafted series of Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) requests, aka Bug ID CSCur69036.
- Record
CVE-2016-6391- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cisco IOS 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic-processing outage) via a crafted series of Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) requests, aka Bug ID CSCur69036.
- Record
CVE-2016-6391- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7314 No score
Cisco IOS 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic-processing outage) via a crafted series of Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) requests, aka Bug ID CSCur69036.
- Record
EUVD-2016-7314- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6j52-j2fx-jpjf
Cisco IOS 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
Cisco IOS 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic-processing outage) via a crafted series of Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) requests, aka Bug ID CSCur69036.
- Record
GHSA-6j52-j2fx-jpjf- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2016-6391 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Cisco Ios, published October 5, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.94%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.