High severity8.6NVD Advisory· Published Oct 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-15377
CVE-2018-15377
Description
A vulnerability in the Cisco Network Plug and Play agent, also referred to as the Cisco Open Plug-n-Play agent, of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a memory leak on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending invalid data to the Cisco Network Plug and Play agent on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a memory leak on the affected device, which could cause the device to reload.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
2- Range: n/a
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-19-094-02nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180926-pnp-memleaknvdVendor Advisory
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.