CVE-2016-6421
Cisco IOS XR 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process restart) via a...
Cisco IOS XR 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process restart) via a crafted OSPF Link State Advertisement (LSA) update, aka Bug ID CSCvb05643.
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
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cisco IOS XR 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process restart) via a crafted OSPF Link State Advertisement (LSA) update, aka Bug ID CSCvb05643.
- Record
CVE-2016-6421- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cisco IOS XR 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process restart) via a crafted OSPF Link State Advertisement (LSA) update, aka Bug ID CSCvb05643.
- Record
CVE-2016-6421- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7344 No score
Cisco IOS XR 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process restart) via a crafted OSPF Link State Advertisement (LSA) update, aka Bug ID CSCvb05643.
- Record
EUVD-2016-7344- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p9ch-7c57-q9hh
Cisco IOS XR 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process restart) via a...
Cisco IOS XR 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process restart) via a crafted OSPF Link State Advertisement (LSA) update, aka Bug ID CSCvb05643.
- Record
GHSA-p9ch-7c57-q9hh- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - 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-2016-6421 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Cisco Ios Xr, published October 5, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.60%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.