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CVE-2018-0272

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote…

Medium5.9EPSS 1.3%
Published
Updated
Reserved
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Description

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper error handling while processing SSL traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large volume of crafted SSL traffic to the vulnerable device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to degrade the device performance by triggering a persistent high CPU utilization condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh89340.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2018-0272, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0Medium5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Cisco Firepower Threat Defense

    • affected Cisco Firepower Threat Defense

References (2)

Sources

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