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CVE-2008-1152
The data-link switching (DLSw) component in Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 3.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The data-link switching (DLSw) component in Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device restart or memory consumption) via crafted (1) UDP port 2067 or (2) IP protocol 91 packets.
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- ADV-2008-1006 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA08-087B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1019712 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 28465 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080326 Multiple DLSw Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- 29507 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5821 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- cisco-ios-dlsw-dos(41482) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1161 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-1152)Record last updated .