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Threat intelligence · CVE-2016-1287

Scans for Ciscos IKEv1 and IKEv2 UDP RCE (CVE-2016-1287) A short dissection on who's scanning for CVE-2016-1287, the latest IKEv1 and IKEv2 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.

Published Feb 14, 2016 · the affected product

Last checked Oct 31, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check this week

CVE-2016-1287 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 74.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.

Gaps on this record

  • No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
74.22%
Remediation
Not established
Affected products
See sources for product scope

Scans for Ciscos IKEv1 and IKEv2 UDP RCE (CVE-2016-1287) A short dissection on who's scanning for CVE-2016-1287, the latest IKEv1 and IKEv2 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. vulgo: CISCO-UDP-RCE-Vuln Since Scanning is expected (and startet short after the Advisory became public) we wanted to know (and publish) who's scanning and the ressults seems to be quite interesting.

No affected version ranges are stored yet. Use the vendor advisory before you decide this record does not apply.

How to fix CVE-2016-1287

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-1287 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 74.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 74.22%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 14, 2016 · AlienVault OTX

    Detected

    Scans for Ciscos IKEv1 and IKEv2 UDP RCE (CVE-2016-1287) A short dissection on who's scanning for CVE-2016-1287, the latest IKEv1 and IKEv2 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. vulgo: CISCO-UDP-RCE-Vuln Since Scanning is expected (and startet short after the Advisory became public) we wanted to know (and publish) who's scanning and the ressults seems to be quite interesting.

Sources

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 31, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 31, 2026
  • AlienVault OTXOct 31, 2026