CVE-2016-1486
A vulnerability in the email attachment scanning functionality of the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software…
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Description
A vulnerability in the email attachment scanning functionality of the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to stop scanning and forwarding email messages due to a denial of service (DoS) condition. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects Cisco AsyncOS Software releases 9.7.1 and later, prior to the first fixed release, for both virtual and hardware Cisco Email Security Appliances, if the AMP feature is configured to scan incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCuy99453. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 10.0.0-125 9.7.1-207 9.7.2-047.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Cisco AsyncOS through 9.7.1-066
- affected Cisco AsyncOS through 9.7.1-066
References (3)
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esa2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1037124 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 93906 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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