Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability
CISA lists this Cisco IOS XR vulnerability as known exploited. The vendor's advisory has the fixed versions.
CISA catalog record
Cisco IOS XR Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) incorrectly handles Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) packets. Exploitation could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to immediately crash the IGMP process or make it consume available memory and eventually crash.
- Product
- IOS XR
- Added to KEV
- 3 Nov 2021
- Federal remediation due
- 3 May 2022
- Known ransomware use
- Not reported
What changed
First observed 14 Oct 2026No field changes in the recorded history.
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