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CVE-2018-0272 — A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Engine of Cisco Firepower Syst

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

CVSS
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EPSS
0.40% (top 39.40%)
CWE
CWE-399
Published
2018-04-19T20:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-11-29T15:14:35.281Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / Cisco Firepower Threat DefenseCisco Firepower Threat Defense

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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