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CVE-2009-5038

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2011-01-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Cisco IOS before 15.0(1)XA does not properly handle IRC traffic during a specific time period after an initial reload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via an attempted connection to a certain IRC server, related to a "corrupted magic value," aka Bug ID CSCso05336.

Affected Platforms

Cisco Ios

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References