What is CVE-2018-15437?

CVE-2018-15437 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Advanced_malware_protection_for_endpoints, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-11-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-15437?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Advanced_malware_protection_for_endpoints

CVE-2018-15437

A vulnerability in the system scanning component of Cisco Immunet and Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints running on Microsoft Windows could allow a local attacker to disable the scanning functionality of the product. Thi…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.010 (57.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15437?: CVE-2018-15437 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Advanced_malware_protection_for_endpoints, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-11-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-15437?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.