Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-0718 · published 3 March 2016
CVE-2015-0718: Cisco unified computing system vulnerability
Cisco · Unified Computing System
Cisco NX-OS 4.0 through 6.1 on Nexus 1000V 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, and 7000 devices and Unified Computing System (UCS) platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TCP stack reload) by sending crafted TCP packets to a device that has a TIME_WAIT TCP session, aka Bug ID CSCub70579.
Description
Cisco NX-OS 4.0 through 6.1 on Nexus 1000V 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, and 7000 devices and Unified Computing System (UCS) platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TCP stack reload) by sending crafted TCP packets to a device that has a TIME_WAIT TCP session, aka Bug ID CSCub70579.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
7 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-0718), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-06). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.