CVE-2016-1453
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 8.1%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) GRE feature in Cisco NX-OS 5.0 through 7.3 on Nexus 7000 and 7700 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long parameters in a packet header, aka Bug ID CSCuy95701.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 8.1% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2016-2552)
- Published
- October 6, 2016
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-2552 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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Certified products that may be affected
3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Cisco Nexus 9000 Switch Series with ACI mode, APIC 6.1(2g) and NX-OS software-ACI 16.1(2g) - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria NSCIB-CC-2400067-01-CR - active
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch w/2000 Series Fabric Extenders running s/w NX-OS v5.0(3)N1(1c), and Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) running s/w v5.2 patch 3 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-10384-2011 - archived
- Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch running Software version NX-OS version 5.1(a) and Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) running version 5.2 patch 3 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-10349-2011 - archived
References
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-otv(Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93409(Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036946(Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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