What is CVE-2016-1385?

CVE-2016-1385 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-05-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-1385?

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

Buffer overflow in Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance

CVE-2016-1385

The XML parser in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software through 9.5.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (instability, memory consumption, or device reload) by leveraging (1) administrative access or…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (64.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance
Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance_software — versions 8.4.0, 8.4.1, 8.4.1.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

1035976 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
20160517 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance XML Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1385?: CVE-2016-1385 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-05-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-1385?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.