What is CVE-2016-1405?

CVE-2016-1405 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Email_security_appliance, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-1405?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Cisco Email_security_appliance

CVE-2016-1405

libclamav in ClamAV (aka Clam AntiVirus), as used in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) on Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices before 9.7.0-125 and Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices before 9.0.1-135 and 9.1.x before 9.1.1-041, a…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (83.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Email_security_appliance — versions 9.6.0-042
Cisco Web_security_appliance — versions 8.8.0-085, 9.1.0-070, 9.5.0-284
Clamav
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

90968 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_MISC)
USN-3093-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
1035993 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
20160531 Cisco ESA and WSA AMP ClamAV Denial of Service Vulnerability (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
1035994 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1405?: CVE-2016-1405 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Email_security_appliance, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-1405?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.