High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-6355
CVE-2016-6355
Description
Memory leak in Cisco IOS XR 5.1.x through 5.1.3, 5.2.x through 5.2.5, and 5.3.x through 5.3.2 on ASR 9001 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (control-plane protocol outage) via crafted fragmented packets, aka Bug ID CSCux26791.
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Affected products
15cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.1.1.k9sec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: >=5.1.x <=5.1.3, >=5.2.x <=5.2.5, >=5.3.x <=5.3.2
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