CVE•Published 2018-11-01•Modified 2026-08-11•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2018-15454Cisco · Adaptive_security_appliance_software

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
8.6
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
90
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 10% of all CVEs
Description

A vulnerability in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) inspection engine of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload or trigger high CPU, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of SIP traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending SIP requests designed to specifically trigger this issue at a high rate across an affected device. Software updates that address this vulnerability are not yet available.

Timeline
Published 2018-11-01
Modified 2026-08-11

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