CVE-2018-0155
Cisco Catalyst Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series SwitchesNetwork & edge
CVSS
8.6HighExploit odds (EPSS)7.74%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version. Check the vendor advisory below
CISA required actionApply updates per vendor instructions. CISA KEV
What fixes it
No source in this snapshot names a fixed version. The vendor advisories under References are the place to check.
Timeline
Description
A vulnerability in the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) offload implementation of Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a crash of the iosd process, causing a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 1
- Cisco IOS and IOS XEaffected: Cisco IOS and IOS XECVE List
References 4
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-bfdAdvisoryvia CVE List
- ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-05Advisoryvia CVE List
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0155Referencevia CISA KEV
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0155Referencevia CVE List