How severe is CVE-2013-1178?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of HIGH with a CVSS score of 8.3 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2013-1178?

This is classified as CWE-119, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2013-1178 - HIGH Severity | CVSS 8.3

Vulnerability Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) implementation in Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 7000 devices 4.x and 5.x before 5.2(4) and 6.x before 6.1(1), Nexus 5000 and 5500 devices 4.x and 5.x before 5.1(3)N1(1), Nexus 4000 devices before 4.1(2)E1(1h), Nexus 3000 devices 5.x before 5.0(3)U3(1), Nexus 1000V devices 4.x before 4.2(1)SV1(5.1), MDS 9000 devices 4.x and 5.x before 5.2(4), Unified Computing System (UCS) 6100 and 6200 devices before 2.0(2m), and Connected Grid Router (CGR) 1000 devices before CG4(1) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed CDP packets, aka Bug IDs CSCtu10630, CSCtu10551, CSCtu10550, CSCtw56581, CSCtu10548, CSCtu10544, and CSCuf61275.

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