CVE-2018-0151
Published 2018-03-28 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source psirt@cisco.com
Summary
CVE-2018-0151 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 3, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by March 17, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Cisco has 102 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 7 of them linked to ransomware.
All 102 known-exploited Cisco vulnerabilities →Description
A vulnerability in the quality of service (QoS) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to incorrect bounds checking of certain values in packets that are destined for UDP port 18999 of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious packets to an affected device. When the packets are processed, an exploitable buffer overflow condition may occur. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected device with elevated privileges. The attacker could also leverage this vulnerability to cause the device to reload, causing a temporary DoS condition while the device is reloading. The malicious packets must be destined to and processed by an affected device. Traffic transiting a device will not trigger the vulnerability. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf73881.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Cisco — IOS and IOS XE Software
Name: Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software Quality of Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-03-03 · Due: 2022-03-17
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103540
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040582
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-03
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-qos
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103540
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040582
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-03
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-qos

