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CVE-2004-1464

Medium 5.9 Exploited in the wild (KEV)

Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog

Name
Cisco IOS Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Added to catalog
Remediation due date (US federal)
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

Cisco IOS 12.2(15) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (refused VTY (virtual terminal) connections), via a crafted TCP connection to the Telnet or reverse Telnet port.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
5.9 (MEDIUM) Score source: NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
5% (percentile: 92) as of 1 November 2026
CWE
CWE-400

Affected products

cisco: ios

References