# CVE-2015-6394: Denial of service in n/a

> Local users can crash Cisco Nexus 5000 devices by sending crafted USB parameters, requiring a patch to prevent denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Dec 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6wpx-w3qr-6xpj

## What is CVE-2015-6394?

CVE-2015-6394 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 5 Dec 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The kernel in Cisco NX-OS 5.2(9)N1(1) on Nexus 5000 devices allows local users to cause a denial of service (device crash) via crafted USB parameters, aka Bug ID CSCus89408.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6394?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Nx-Os.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-6394?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6394 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-6394 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6394 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Nx-Os

- [CVE-2024-20399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20399/): Cisco NX-OS Command Injection (medium 6.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-1361](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1361/): Cisco NX-OS Software Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Actions Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-0301](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0301/): Memory corruption in Cisco NX-OS unknown (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-1453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1453/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-1341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1341/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-6394 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-6394 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 5 Dec 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6394 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Nx-Os. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6394/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6394/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6394
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6394
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-6394

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6394/
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