Cisco Integrated Management Controller Denial of Service Vulnerability

published 2019-06-20 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-10185

cvss: 5.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the web server of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect bounds checking. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected system. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in a process crash and DoS condition on the device.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software) 4.0(4b)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-21)

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190619-imc-dos
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/108851
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-1628
NVD CVE-2019-1628

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Summary