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CVE-2017-12232: Cisco IOS Software for Cisco Integrated Services Routers Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2017-12232
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
A vulnerability in the implementation of a protocol in Cisco Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2) Routers running Cisco IOS could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Ciscoproduct: IOS SoftwareDenial of service
What
A vulnerability in the implementation of a protocol in Cisco Integrated Services Routers could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service.
Who is affected
Users of Cisco Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2) running Cisco IOS.
Urgency
Urgent remediation is necessary due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Update Cisco IOS to the latest version.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-03-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12232

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2017-12232coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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