CVE-2021-40118CWE-121CWE-787

CVE-2021-40118

High · published October 27, 2021

CVSS v3.1
8.6
EPSS
1%
Percentile
71.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation when parsing HTTPS requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTPS request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.6 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01362 · 71.5th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow; CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2021-10-27T23:15Z
Affected products (49)
ProductVersionsFixed in
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance< 9.8.4.409.8.4.40
cisco/secure_firewall_threat_defense< 6.4.0.136.4.0.13
cisco/secure_firewall_threat_defense≥ 6.5.0, < 6.6.56.6.5
cisco/secure_firewall_threat_defense≥ 6.7.0, < 6.7.0.36.7.0.3
cisco/secure_firewall_threat_defense≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.17.0.1
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software≥ 9.9.0, < 9.12.4.299.12.4.29
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software≥ 9.13.0, < 9.14.3.99.14.3.9
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software≥ 9.15.0, < 9.15.1.179.15.1.17
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software≥ 9.16.0, < 9.16.2.39.16.2.3
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References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 OCT 18:56Z
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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