What is CVE-2016-1287?

CVE-2016-1287 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-1287?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-1287 known to be exploited?

12 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software

CVE-2016-1287

Buffer overflow in the IKEv1 and IKEv2 implementations in Cisco ASA Software before 8.4(7.30), 8.7 before 8.7(1.18), 9.0 before 9.0(4.38), 9.1 before 9.1(7), 9.2 before 9.2(4.5), 9.3 before 9.3(3.7), 9.4 before 9.4(2.4), and 9.5 before 9.5(2.2) on ASA 5500 devices, ASA 5500-X devices, ASA Services Module for Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco 7600 devices, ASA 1000V devices, Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (aka ASAv), Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module, and ISA 3000 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted UDP packets, aka Bug IDs CSCux29978 and CSCux42019.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.770 (99.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance_software — versions 7.2.1, 7.2.1.9, 7.2.1.13
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@cisco.com (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
psirt@cisco.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1287?: CVE-2016-1287 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-1287?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1287 known to be exploited?: 12 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.