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CVE-2017-12235 — Cisco IOS Software for Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches PROFINET Denial-of-Ser

A vulnerability in the implementation of the PROFINET Discovery and Configuration Protocol (PN-DCP) for Cisco IOS 12.2 through 15.6 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnera

CVSS
EPSS
4.93% (top 10.50%)
CWE
CWE-20
Published
2017-09-28T07:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2026-01-12T21:44:45.814Z
CVSS vector
CISA KEV — Actively Exploited
Added to KEV
2022-03-03
BOD 22-01 due
2022-03-24
Ransomware use
Unknown

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability in the implementation of the PROFINET Discovery and Configuration Protocol (PN-DCP) for Cisco IOS 12.2 through 15.6 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to the improper parsing of ingress PN-DCP Identify Request packets destined to an affected device. An…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / Cisco IOSCisco IOS

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2022-03-03. Ransomware use: Unknown.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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