CVE-2019-12655 HIGH

CVE-2019-12655: Cisco IOS XE Software FTP Application Layer Gateway for NAT, NAT64, and ZBFW Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco IOS XE Software 3.16.8S
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published September 25, 2019
Last update November 19, 2024

CVSS base score

8.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the FTP application layer gateway (ALG) functionality used by Network Address Translation (NAT), NAT IPv6 to IPv4 (NAT64), and the Zone-Based Policy Firewall (ZBFW) in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. The vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow that occurs when an affected device inspects certain FTP traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by performing a specific FTP transfer through the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 25, 2019 CVE published
November 19, 2024 Record updated