March 3, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2018-0175 — Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software
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
- 86.7th percentile (score 0.029, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0175
CISA short description
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.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.