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CVE-2012-5717
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices with firmware 8.x through 8.4(1) do not properly manage SSH sessions, which allows remote…
Medium6.3EPSS 1.3%
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- cisco
Description
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices with firmware 8.x through 8.4(1) do not properly manage SSH sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by establishing multiple sessions, aka Bug ID CSCtc59462.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (1)
- 20130116 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance SSH Timeout Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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