CVE-2012-6396: Cisco Nexus 7000

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 7000 series switches does not properly handle certain line-card replacements, which might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted configuration that references interfaces that do not exist on the new card, aka Bug ID CSCud44300.

Affected products

• Cisco Nexus 7000
• Cisco Nexus 7000 10-Slot
• Cisco Nexus 7000 18-Slot
• Cisco Nexus 7000 9-Slot
• Cisco NX-OS: affected versions not specified

Published 2013-01-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.