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CVE-2018-0175 — Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

CVE-2018-0175 · Cisco IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR · CVSS 8 · KEV

In brief

Severity · CVSS
High8CVSS 3.1, High
EPSS
3%
CISA KEV
Known exploited, listed since 3 Mar 2022
CERT-FR
No advisory or alert referenced in the catalog
Vendor
Cisco
Published · Modified
·
Last verified

Summary

Format String vulnerability in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, and Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on an affected device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd73664.

Weakness: CWE-119, CWE-134

Title, description and the vendor's statements are quoted from the CVE record; a vendor's advisory is summarised in Patcharo's words, with a link.

Affected and fixed versions

Per product and release branch, as the vendor's CVE record and official advisory state them. A fixed release is shown only when a document names it: the vendor's, or CERT-FR's for Check Point, with its source.

Cisco IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR

Source: CVE-2018-0175cisco-sa-20180328-lldp

  1. —
    Affected versionsCisco IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR
    First fixed releaseNot published in the sources followed

The vendor states fixes are available; the releases per branch are in its advisory.

Remediation

Fix available

Vendor fix

Cisco has released updates that fix this vulnerability; its advisory lists them.

SourceCisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20180328-lldp· revised 15 Dec 2022

Workarounds (vendor)

Cisco states in its advisory that no workaround is available.

SourceCisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20180328-lldp

CISA KEV required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA due date:

SourceCISA KEV

Last verified 1 Oct 2026 at 09:30 UTC

Known exploitation

Added to CISA KEV on 3 Mar 2022

Federal remediation due date: 17 Mar 2022

The CISA required action is shown under Remediation.

3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 89%).

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

CERT-FR

No CERT-FR advisory or alert of the last two years references this CVE, for the vendors Patcharo covers.

Timeline

  1. Published by the source
  2. Added to CISA KEV
  3. CISA remediation due date
  4. Source record last modified
  5. EPSS score computed
  6. Last verified by Patcharo

Official sources

Vendor advisory

References

Cisco · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities · NVD · FIRST EPSS · Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20180328-lldp

How Patcharo reads this

Affected and fixed releases come from the vendor's structured statements and are matched against exact versions; CVSS from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV and the vendor's own advisory, probability from FIRST EPSS. Missing data stays Unknown and never becomes Not affected.

Read the methodologyRead the guide: Cisco Secure Firewall release trains: Threat Defense, Management Center and ASA versions explained