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CVE-2016-8209
Improper checks for unusual or exceptional conditions in Brocade NetIron 05.8.00 and later releases up to and including 06.1.00, when the…
High7.5EPSS 1.1%
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- brocade
Description
Improper checks for unusual or exceptional conditions in Brocade NetIron 05.8.00 and later releases up to and including 06.1.00, when the Management Module is continuously scanned on port 22, may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and reload) of the management module.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% 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 7.5.
Weakness
- Denial of Service Attack
- CWE-754 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. · NetIron XMR/MLX and Brocade CES/CER on NetIron
- affected NetIron 05.8.00 and later releases up to and including 06.1.00
References (2)
- 1038402 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.brocade.com/content/dam/common/documents/content-types/security-bulletin/brocade-security-advisory-2017-315.htm (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 .