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CVE-2012-4091
The RIP service engine in Cisco NX-OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine restart) via a malformed (1) RIPv4 or…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.0%
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- cisco
Description
The RIP service engine in Cisco NX-OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine restart) via a malformed (1) RIPv4 or (2) RIPv6 message, aka Bug ID CSCtj73415.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% 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: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- cisco-nxos-cve20124091-dos(87669) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1029159 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 62838 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 98124 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20131004 Cisco NX-OS Routing Information Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- 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 .