8.6High

Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense

CVE-2019-1703

A vulnerability in the internal packet-processing functionality of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software for the Cisco Firepower 2100 Series could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to stop processing traffic, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a logic error, which may prevent ingress buffers from being replenished under specific traffic conditions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of crafted packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to consume all input buffers, which are shared between all interfaces, leading to a queue wedge condition in all active interfaces. This situation would cause an affected device to stop processing any incoming traffic and result in a DoS condition until the device is reloaded manually.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 3% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 86% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
8.6 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400
Assigned by
psirt@cisco.com

Dates

Published
2019-05-03
Last modified
2026-08-11
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense6.2.1 - 6.2.3.12
  • Cisco Firepower 2110all versions
  • Cisco Firepower 2120all versions
  • Cisco Firepower 2130all versions
  • Cisco Firepower 2140all versions

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References