A vulnerability in the email message filtering feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthe…

Published 10 y ago 2016-10-28 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

3.0%

percentile 88%

Public exploits

none known

A vulnerability in the email message filtering feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.Affected Products: This vulnerability affects all releases prior to the first fixed release of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances, both virtual and hardware appliances, if the software is configured to apply a message filter that contains certain rules. More Information: CSCux59873. Known Affected Releases: 8.5.6-106 9.1.0-032 9.7.0-125. Known Fixed Releases: 9.1.1-038 9.7.1-066.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.02% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`
NVD	2.0	7.8	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`

Affected products

n/a Cisco AsyncOS through 9.7.0-125

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esa1 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1037123 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/93908 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-1481
NVD: CVE-2016-1481

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