CVE-2008-3805
HIGH · CVSS 8.5EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD
Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 on Cisco 10000, uBR10012 and uBR7200 series devices handles external UDP packets that are sent to 127.0.0.0/8 addresses intended for IPC communication within the device, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device or linecard reload) via crafted UDP packets, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3806.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C- EPSS score
- 3.3% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3791)
- Published
- September 26, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3791 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cisco / ios
- cisco / ios
- cisco / ios
- cisco / ios
- cisco / ios
- cisco / ios
- cisco / ios
- cisco / ios
- cisco / ios
- cisco / ios
- cisco / ios
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31990(Third Party Advisory)
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=16646(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a014ae.shtml(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020935(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2670(Permissions Required)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5910(Broken Link)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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