What is CVE-2016-1379?

CVE-2016-1379 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-05-28.

How severe is CVE-2016-1379?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software

CVE-2016-1379

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.0 through 9.5.1 mishandles IPsec error processing, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted (1) LAN-to-LAN or (2) Remote Access VPN tunnel packets, aka Bug ID CSCuv70576.

Published 2016-05-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (65.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software — versions 9.2.2.7, 9.0.3.6, 9.1.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160517… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1379?: CVE-2016-1379 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-05-28.
How severe is CVE-2016-1379?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.