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CVE-2011-0945
Memory leak in the Data-link switching (aka DLSw) feature in Cisco IOS 12.1 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.1, and IOS XE 3.1.xS before…
High7.8EPSS 1.8%
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- cisco
Description
Memory leak in the Data-link switching (aka DLSw) feature in Cisco IOS 12.1 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.1, and IOS XE 3.1.xS before 3.1.3S and 3.2.xS before 3.2.1S, when implemented over Fast Sequence Transport (FST), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and device reload or hang) via a crafted IP protocol 91 packet, aka Bug ID CSCth69364.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (2)
- 20110928 Cisco IOS Software Data-Link Switching Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=24116 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .