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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-2472

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software 8.2 and 8.4, when SIP inspection is enabled, create many identical pre-allocated secondary pinholes, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU…

HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.89%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software 8.2 and 8.4, when SIP inspection is enabled, create many identical pre-allocated secondary pinholes, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted SIP traffic, aka Bug ID CSCtz63143.

CVSS 2.0
7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS
1.89% probability · 78th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
cisco/adaptive security appliance software · cisco/5500 series adaptive security appliance
Source
psirt@cisco.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.