CVE-2016-6385: Cisco IOS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Memory leak in the Smart Install client implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.2 and IOS XE 3.2 through 3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted image-list parameters, aka Bug ID CSCuy82367.

Affected products

• Cisco IOS: version 12.2(35)ex only; version 12.2(35)ex1 only; version 12.2(35)ex2 only; version 12.2(35)se only; version 12.2(35)se1 only; version 12.2(35)se2 only; …
• Cisco IOS XE: version 3.2.0ja only; version 3.2.0se only; version 3.2.1se only; version 3.2.2se only; version 3.2.3se only; version 3.3.0se only; …

Published 2016-10-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.