Cisco IOS and XE Software Internet Key Exchange Memory Leak Vulnerability
- Severity
- High8.6CVSS 3.1, High
- EPSS
- 7%
- Published
- 28 Mar 2018
- Updated
- 17 Jun 2026
Description
Title, description and vendor guidance are quoted from the source records.
A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) module of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a memory leak or a reload of an affected device that leads to a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of certain IKEv2 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted IKEv2 packets to an affected device to be processed. A successful exploit could cause an affected device to continuously consume memory and eventually reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf22394.
Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-401
Known exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 3 Mar 2022
Federal remediation due date: 17 Mar 2022
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Exploit prediction
7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 94%).
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Patcharo shows this vulnerability for information but does not match versions for this product yet.
- n/a Cisco IOS and IOS XE · Cisco IOS and IOS XE
References
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-03(opens in a new tab)
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-04(opens in a new tab)
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-ike(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0158(opens in a new tab)
Provenance
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- Cisco (CVE record)
- Cisco (CVE record) · 27 Sept 2026, 23:46 UTC · Parser patcharo-cve5/1.1.0
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities · 27 Sept 2026, 23:42 UTC · Parser patcharo-kev/1.0.0
- NVD
- NVD · 27 Sept 2026, 23:44 UTC · Parser patcharo-nvd/1.0.0
- FIRST EPSS
- FIRST EPSS · 27 Sept 2026, 23:46 UTC · Parser patcharo-epss/1.0.0
Last verified: 28 Sept 2026, 02:31 UTC