Vulnerability in Cisco Wide Area Application Services
CVE-2017-12256
A vulnerability in the Akamai Connect feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to certain file-handling inefficiencies of the affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by directing client systems to access a corrupted file that the client systems cannot decompress correctly. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to crash or hang unexpectedly and result in a DoS condition that may require manual intervention to regain normal operating conditions. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve82472.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Wide Area Application Services
- Cisco Wide Area Application Services — versions Cisco Wide Area Application Services
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101180 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171004… (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-12256?
- CVE-2017-12256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Wide Area Application Services, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-10-05.
- How severe is CVE-2017-12256?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.