CVE-2013-6706 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Cisco Express Forwarding processing module in Cisco IOS XE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted MPLS packets that are not properly handled during IP header validation, aka Bug ID CSCuj23992.

Published: 2013-11-29

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-6508	The Cisco Express Forwarding processing module in Cisco IOS XE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted MPLS packets that are not properly handled during IP header validation, aka Bug ID CSCuj23992.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01745.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/100394
http://secunia.com/advisories/55817
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6706
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=31950
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63979
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029407

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.02058}`	epss `{'score': 0.01745}`

Subscriptions

Cisco Ios Xe

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2013-11-29T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:46:22.635Z

Reserved: 2013-11-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-6706

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-11-29T04:33:29.137

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-6706

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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