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CVE-2021-1573

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance

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.

Exploitation status

  • A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.

What the metrics mean

  • It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
  • To exploit it, no account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

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-121
Assigned by
psirt@cisco.com

Dates

Published
2022-01-11
Last modified
2026-08-11
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance- 9.7
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense- 6.2.2, 6.2.3 - 6.4.0.13, 6.5.0 - 6.6.5, 6.7.0 - 6.7.0.3, 7.0.0
  • Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software9.8 - 9.8.4.40, 9.9 - 9.12.4.26, 9.13 - 9.14.3, 9.15 - 9.15.1.17, 9.16 - 9.16.1.28

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

References