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CVE-2021-40116

HIGH · CVSS 8.6 EPSS 1.35% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-10-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

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CVE
CVE-2021-40116
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.6
EPSS
1.35%
Cisco

Original NVD Description

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in Snort rules that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.The vulnerability is due to improper handling of the Block with Reset or Interactive Block with Reset actions if a rule is configured without proper constraints. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IP packet to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause through traffic to be dropped. Note: Only products with Snort3 configured and either a rule with Block with Reset or Interactive Block with Reset actions configured are vulnerable. Products configured with Snort2 are not vulnerable.