Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2022-03-03
Federal due date
2022-03-17
Vendor
Cisco
Product
IOS, XR, and XE Software
EPSS
79.3th percentile (score 0.012, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0167

CISA short description

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, and Cisco IOS XR Software which could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.