Cisco IOS XE Software ASIC Register Write Vulnerability

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to write values to the underlying memory of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation and authorization of specific commands that a user can execute within the CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected device and issuing a specific set of commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify the configuration of the device to cause it to be non-secure and abnormally functioning.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• CWE-668 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-668 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Cisco · Cisco IOS XE Software 3.2.11aSG

  • affected unspecified – < n/a

What to do

Exploitation: The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.

References (1)

• 20190925 Cisco IOS XE Software ASIC Register Write Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2019-12660](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2019-12660.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2019-12660)

Record last updated 21 Nov 2024, 19:13 UTC.