{"id":"CVE-2012-0385","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-0385","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:17:47.673Z","title":"The Smart Install feature in Cisco IOS 12.2, 15.0, 15.1, and 15.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) by sending a malformed Smart Install message over TCP, aka Bug ID CSCtt16051.","description":"The Smart Install feature in Cisco IOS 12.2, 15.0, 15.1, and 15.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) by sending a malformed Smart Install message over TCP, aka Bug ID CSCtt16051.","published":"2012-03-29T11:01:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:37:11.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["cisco/ios"],"epss":{"score":0.0296,"percentile":0.87105,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.96%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80694","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48610","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120328-smartinstall","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52756","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026867","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74430","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80694","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48610","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120328-smartinstall","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52756","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026867","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74430","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0385","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}