The NETIO and IPV4_IO processes in Cisco IOS XR 3.8 through 4.1, as used in Cisco Carrier Routing System and other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCti59888.
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.