CVE-2009-5038

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Cisco IOS before 15.0(1)XA does not properly handle IRC traffic during a specific time period after an initial reload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via an attempted connection to a certain IRC server, related to a "corrupted magic value," aka Bug ID CSCso05336.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.8/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 7, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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