{"id":"CVE-2018-0175","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-0175","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:08:08.292Z","title":"Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow Vulnerability","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. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd73664.","published":"2018-03-28T22:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:30:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119","CWE-134"],"affected":["cisco/ios","cisco/ios xe","cisco/ios xr"],"epss":{"score":0.03478,"percentile":0.89037,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-03-03","dueDate":"2022-03-17","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0175"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 17 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103564","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040586","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-03","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-04","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-05","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-lldp","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103564","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040586","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-03","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-04","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-05","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-lldp","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0175","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0175","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."}