High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-6422

Description

Cisco IOS 12.2(33)SXJ9 on Supervisor Engine 32 and 720 modules for 6500 and 7600 devices mishandles certain operators, flags, and keywords in TCAM share ACLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by sending packets that should have been recognized by a filter, aka Bug ID CSCuy64806.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-catalystnvdMitigationVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93404nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036954nvd

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