CVE-2014-2144 — Cisco IOS XR does not properly throttle ICMPv6 redirect packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPv4 and IPv6 transit outage) via crafted redirect messages, aka Bug ID CSCum14266

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Cisco IOS XR does not properly throttle ICMPv6 redirect packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPv4 and IPv6 transit outage) via crafted redirect messages, aka Bug ID CSCum14266

Published Apr 5, 2014

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.74%

Description

Cisco IOS XR does not properly throttle ICMPv6 redirect packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPv4 and IPv6 transit outage) via crafted redirect messages, aka Bug ID CSCum14266.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.74% 0.00745

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00745

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.74% (0.00745)	53.09th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.74% (0.00739)	49.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.13% (0.00130)	29.92th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.14% (0.00141)	51.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 22, 2024	0.16% (0.00159)	52.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.16% (0.00157)	50.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (1)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-2144
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-2144		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Apr 5, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Feb 25, 2014

Link CVE-2014-2144

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-2144

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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