What is CVE-2018-15388?

CVE-2018-15388 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance_software, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2019-05-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-15388?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance_software

CVE-2018-15388

A vulnerability in the WebVPN login process of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause increased CPU utilization on an affe…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.020 (77.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15388?: CVE-2018-15388 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance_software, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2019-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-15388?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.