CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-1383

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A memory leak in Cisco AsyncOS through version 8.8 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an unspecified HTTP status code.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to increase memory consumption, leading to device crashes and service interruptions.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update devices to the latest software version to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Memory leak in Cisco AsyncOS through 8.8 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an unspecified HTTP status code, aka Bug ID CSCur28305.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS