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CVE-2011-3273
Memory leak in Cisco IOS 15.0 through 15.1, when IPS or Zone-Based Firewall (aka ZBFW) is configured, allows remote attackers to cause a…
High7.8EPSS 1.8%
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- cisco
Description
Memory leak in Cisco IOS 15.0 through 15.1, when IPS or Zone-Based Firewall (aka ZBFW) is configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or device crash) via vectors that trigger many session creation flows, aka Bug ID CSCti79848.
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 (3 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- 20110928 Cisco IOS Software IPS and Zone-Based Firewall Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=24123 (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)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2011-3273)Record last updated .