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CVE-2018-0296 — Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. It is also possible on certain software releas

CVSS
EPSS
94.40% (top 0.00%)
CWE
CWE-20
Published
2018-06-07T12:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2026-01-12T21:33:51.840Z
CVSS vector
CISA KEV — Actively Exploited
Added to KEV
2021-11-03
BOD 22-01 due
2022-05-03
Ransomware use
Unknown

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. It is also possible on certain software releases that the ASA will not reload, but an attacker could view sensitive system information without authentication by…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance unknownCisco Adaptive Security Appliance unknown

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2021-11-03. Ransomware use: Unknown.

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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