CVE-2018-0272

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial…

published April 19, 2018

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
69.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper error handling while processing SSL traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large volume of crafted SSL traffic to the vulnerable device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to degrade the device performance by triggering a persistent high CPU utilization condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh89340.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01264 · 69.5th percentile
Published
2018-04-19T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 APR 20:00Z
    A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial…
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