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TI-2015-05263 Aliases CVE-2015-6273GHSA-p5j7-x6wq-vh9r

Cisco IOS XE before 3.1.2S on ASR 1000 devices mishandles the automatic setup of Virtual…

Priority LOW 38CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Cisco IOS XE before 3.1.2S on ASR 1000 devices mishandles the automatic setup of Virtual Fragment Reassembly (VFR) by certain firewall and NAT components, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Embedded Services Processor crash) via crafted IP packets, aka Bug IDs CSCtf87624, CSCte93229, CSCtd19103, and CSCti63623.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01908 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 12

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.1VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.2VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.3VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.1.0s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.0sVulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.1.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.1sVulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1001:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1001-x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1002:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1002-x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1004:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onCisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.2 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.3 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.1.0s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.0s Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.1.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.1s Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1001:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1001-x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1002:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1002-x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1004:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
Show 2 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1006:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1013:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onCisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1006:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1013:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-6273
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p5j7-x6wq-vh9r

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-06904 Cisco is providing an update for the ongoing investigation into observed exploitation of… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2018-00122 Memory corruption in Cisco IOS and IOS XE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-02977 Improper input validation in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-00135 Memory corruption in Cisco IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-04498 Memory corruption in Cisco IOS KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-04497 Memory corruption in Cisco IOS XE Software KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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