CVE-2015-6398 — Cisco Nexus 9000 Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode switches with software before 11.0(1c) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via an IPv4 ICMP packet with the IP Record Route option, aka Bug ID CSCuq57512

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Cisco Nexus 9000 Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode switches with software before 11.0(1c) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via an IPv4 ICMP packet with the IP Record Route option, aka Bug ID CSCuq57512

Published Feb 7, 2016

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.93%

Description

Cisco Nexus 9000 Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode switches with software before 11.0(1c) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via an IPv4 ICMP packet with the IP Record Route option, aka Bug ID CSCuq57512.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.93% 0.01931

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

EPSS probability 0.01931

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	1.93% (0.01931)	79.29th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.93% (0.01931)	77.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.73% (0.00725)	70.90th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.24% (0.00235)	62.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 14, 2024	0.24% (0.00235)	61.76th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.24% (0.00235)	59.76th	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-399

References (2)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160203-n9knci
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034928
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160203-n9knci		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034928		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Feb 7, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 17, 2015

Link CVE-2015-6398

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-6398

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-6398