CVE-2013-5546

high

Published 2013-10-31 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

The TCP reassembly feature in Cisco IOS XE 3.7 before 3.7.3S and 3.8 before 3.8.1S on 1000 ASR devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via large TCP packets that are processed by the (1) NAT or (2) ALG component, aka Bug ID CSCud72509.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.