CVE-2016-6457

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6457
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-11-19 03:03:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Platform Leaf Switches for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. This vulnerability affects Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Leaf Switches (TOR) - ACI Mode and Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC). More Information: CSCuy93241. Known Affected Releases: 11.2(2x) 11.2(3x) 11.3(1x) 11.3(2x) 12.0(1x). Known Fixed Releases: 11.2(2i) 11.2(2j) 11.2(3f) 11.2(3g) 11.2(3h) 11.2(3l) 11.3(0.236) 11.3(1j) 11.3(2i) 11.3(2j) 12.0(1r).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.003610000 probability, percentile 0.582580000 (date 2026-05-10)

Problem Types: CWE-119 | unspecified

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.1AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller 1.2\(2\) All All All
Application Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller 1.2\(3\) All All All
Application Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller 1.3\(1\) All All All
Application Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller 1.3\(2\) All All All
Application Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller 2.0\(1\) All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92160yc-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92304qc - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9236c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9272q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93108tc-ex - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93120tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93128tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93180yc-ex - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9332pq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9336pq Aci Spine - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372px - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9396px - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9396tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9504 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9508 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9516 - All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 11.2\(2g\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 11.2\(2h\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 11.2\(2i\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 11.2\(3c\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 11.2\(3e\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 11.2\(3h\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 11.3\(1i\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 11.3\(2f\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 11.3\(2h\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 11.3\(2i\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 12.0\(1m\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 12.0\(1n\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 12.0\(1o\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 12.0\(1p\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 12.0\(1q\) All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Platform Leaf Switches For Application Centric Infrastructure ACI 11.22x Through 12.01x affected Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Platform Leaf Switches for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) 11.2(2x) through 12.0(1x) Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller CVE-2016-6457 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller on Nexus 9000 Series Leaf Switches Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 316926 Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Denial of Service Vulnerability(cisco-sa-20161102-n9kapic)
  • 316927 Cisco NX-OS with ACI mode Denial of Service Vulnerability(cisco-sa-20161102-n9kapic)

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