CVE-2012-5037

The ACL implementation in Cisco IOS before 15.1(1)SY on Catalyst 6500 and 7600 devices allows local users to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a "no object-group" command followed by an object-group command, aka Bug ID CSCts16133.

Published: 2014-04-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5037 is rated Low Risk (24.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5037

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 0.06% 0.26% +0.20%
2 2023-10-18 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5037

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.1 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5037

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5037

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco ios <= 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6500 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_7600 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_7600:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5037

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