CVE-2008-2060 — Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 5.x before 5.1(8)E2 and 6.x before 6.0(5)E2, when inline mode and jumbo Ethernet support are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic), and possibly bypass intended restrictions on network traffic, via a "specific series of jumbo Ethernet frames."

Back Back to CVE browser

HIGH

Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 5.x before 5.1(8)E2 and 6.x before 6.0(5)E2, when inline mode and jumbo Ethernet support are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic), and possibly bypass intended restrictions on network traffic, via a "specific series of jumbo Ethernet frames."

Published Jun 18, 2008

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.71%

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 5.x before 5.1(8)E2 and 6.x before 6.0(5)E2, when inline mode and jumbo Ethernet support are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic), and possibly bypass intended restrictions on network traffic, via a "specific series of jumbo Ethernet frames."

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.71% 0.01711

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01711

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	1.71% (0.01711)	76.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.71% (0.01711)	74.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.68% (0.00675)	69.75th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 15, 2025	3.14% (0.03139)	91.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 12, 2024	1.47% (0.01475)	87.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 24, 2024	1.56% (0.01560)	87.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 7, 2024	1.44% (0.01443)	86.54th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.44% (0.01443)	84.54th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	69.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	44.98th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-16

References (6)

http://secunia.com/advisories/30767
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a00809b3842.shtml
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29791
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020326
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1872/references
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43166
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/30767		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a00809b3842.shtml		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29791		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020326		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1872/references		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43166		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Jun 18, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved May 2, 2008

Link CVE-2008-2060

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-2060

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-2060