CVE-2005-4258

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Unspecified Cisco Catalyst Switches allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via an IP packet with the same source and destination IPs and ports, and with the SYN flag set (aka LanD). NOTE: the provenance of this issue is unknown; the details are obtained solely from the BID.

Published: 2005-12-15 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-4258 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.05%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.34% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-4258

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4258

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.71% 2.05% +1.34%
2 2025-06-28 1.14% 0.71% -0.43%
3 2025-04-27 1.14%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4258

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4258

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4258

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco catalyst 4.5_\(10\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst:4.5_\(10\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst sup2plus cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst:sup2plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst sup3 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst:sup3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_1200_series cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_1200_series:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_1900_series cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_1900_series:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_1900_series 9.0_0.07 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_1900_series:9.0_0.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2800_series cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2800_series:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2820 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2820:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2820 9.0_0.07 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2820:9.0_0.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2900 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2900:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2900 lre_xl cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2900:lre_xl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2900 xl cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2900:xl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2901 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2902 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2902:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2920 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2920:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2926 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2926:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2926f cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2926f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2926gl cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2926gl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2926gs cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2926gs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2926t cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2926t:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2940 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2940:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2948 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2948:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2948-ge-tx cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2948-ge-tx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2948g-l3 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2948g-l3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2950 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2950:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2950_lre cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2950_lre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2955 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2955:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2970 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2970:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2980g cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2980g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_2980g-a cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2980g-a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_3000 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_3000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_3200 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_3200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_3500_xl cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_3500_xl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_3550 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_3550:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_3560 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_3560:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_3750 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_3750:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_3750_metro cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_3750_metro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_3900 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_3900:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4000 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4000 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4000:*:*:sup2plus:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4000 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4000:*:*:sup3:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4000 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4000:*:*:sup4:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4000 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4000:*:*:sup5:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4200 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4224 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4224:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4232 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4232:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4232-13 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4232-13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4500 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4500 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4500:*:*:sup2plus_ts:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4503 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4503:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4506 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4506:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4507r cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4507r:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4510r cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4510r:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4840g cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4840g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4908g-l3 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4908g-l3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4912g cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4912g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_4948 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_4948:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_5000 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_5000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_5505 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_5505:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_5509 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_5509:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6000 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6000 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6000:*:*:sup2_msfc2:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6000 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6000:*:*:sup720_msfc3:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6000_ws-svc-nam-1 2.2\(1a\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6000_ws-svc-nam-1:2.2\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6000_ws-svc-nam-1 3.1\(1a\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6000_ws-svc-nam-1:3.1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6000_ws-svc-nam-2 2.2\(1a\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6000_ws-svc-nam-2:2.2\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6000_ws-svc-nam-2 3.1\(1a\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6000_ws-svc-nam-2:3.1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6000_ws-x6380-nam 2.1\(2\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6000_ws-x6380-nam:2.1\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6000_ws-x6380-nam 3.1\(1a\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6000_ws-x6380-nam:3.1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6500 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-1 2.2\(1a\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-1:2.2\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-1 3.1\(1a\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-1:3.1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-2 2.2\(1a\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-2:2.2\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-2 3.1\(1a\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-2:3.1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6500_ws-x6380-nam 2.1\(2\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-x6380-nam:2.1\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6500_ws-x6380-nam 3.1\(1a\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-x6380-nam:3.1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6608 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6608:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6624 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6624:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_7600 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_7600:*:*:sup2_msfc2:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_7600 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_7600:*:*:sup720_msfc3:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4258

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