How severe is CVE-2016-6422?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of HIGH with a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2016-6422?

This is classified as CWE-20, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2016-6422

HIGH Year: 2016

CVSS v3 Score

7.5

High

CVSS v2 Score

4.3

Medium

Weakness Type

CWE-20

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Vulnerability Description

Cisco IOS 12.2(33)SXJ9 on Supervisor Engine 32 and 720 modules for 6500 and 7600 devices mishandles certain operators, flags, and keywords in TCAM share ACLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by sending packets that should have been recognized by a filter, aka Bug ID CSCuy64806.

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