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CVE-2005-4258

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD

Unspecified Cisco Catalyst Switches allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via an IP packet with the same source and destination IPs and ports, and with the SYN flag set (aka LanD). NOTE: the provenance of this issue is unknown; the details are obtained solely from the BID.

Key facts

CVSS score
7.8 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS score
2.1% (81th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2005-4253)
Published
December 15, 2005
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2005-4253 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • cisco / catalyst
  • cisco / catalyst
  • cisco / catalyst
  • cisco / catalyst 1200 series
  • cisco / catalyst 1900 series
  • cisco / catalyst 1900 series
  • cisco / catalyst 2800 series
  • cisco / catalyst 2820
  • cisco / catalyst 2820
  • cisco / catalyst 2900
  • cisco / catalyst 2900
  • cisco / catalyst 2900
  • cisco / catalyst 2901
  • cisco / catalyst 2902
  • cisco / catalyst 2920
  • cisco / catalyst 2926
  • cisco / catalyst 2926f
  • cisco / catalyst 2926gl
  • cisco / catalyst 2926gs
  • cisco / catalyst 2926t
  • cisco / catalyst 2940
  • cisco / catalyst 2948
  • cisco / catalyst 2948-ge-tx
  • cisco / catalyst 2948g-l3
  • cisco / catalyst 2950
  • cisco / catalyst 2950 lre
  • cisco / catalyst 2955
  • cisco / catalyst 2970
  • cisco / catalyst 2980g
  • cisco / catalyst 2980g-a
  • cisco / catalyst 3000
  • cisco / catalyst 3200
  • cisco / catalyst 3500 xl
  • cisco / catalyst 3550
  • cisco / catalyst 3560
  • cisco / catalyst 3750
  • cisco / catalyst 3750 metro
  • cisco / catalyst 3900
  • cisco / catalyst 4000
  • cisco / catalyst 4000
  • cisco / catalyst 4000
  • cisco / catalyst 4000
  • cisco / catalyst 4000
  • cisco / catalyst 4200
  • cisco / catalyst 4224
  • cisco / catalyst 4232
  • cisco / catalyst 4232-13
  • cisco / catalyst 4500
  • cisco / catalyst 4500
  • cisco / catalyst 4503

and 117 more…

Certified products that may be affected

14 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

See all 14 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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CVE-2005-4258: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.8)