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CVE-2018-0272

CVE-2018-0272 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.300000190734863 MEDIUM

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.

EPSS 0.40% · 61.4th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 2.0
4.300000190734863
EPSS Score
0.40%
61.4th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
n/aCisco Firepower Threat Defense*
ciscofirepower6.2.1, 6.2.2.1

Timeline

  • Apr 18, 2018 CVE Published
  • Dec 31, 2018 PoC Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
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