CVE-2019-12647: Cisco IOS XE

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the Ident protocol handler of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. The vulnerability exists because the affected software incorrectly handles memory structures, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by opening a TCP connection to specific ports and sending traffic over that connection. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Affected products

• Cisco IOS XE: version fuji-16.7.1 only; version fuji-16.8.1 only

Published 2019-09-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.