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. This could allow executable files to be launched on the system without being analyzed for threats. The vulnerability is due to improper process resource handling. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by gaining local access to a system running Microsoft Windows and protected by Cisco Immunet or Cisco AMP for Endpoints and executing a malicious file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to prevent the scanning services from functioning properly and ultimately prevent the system from being protected from further intrusion.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2018-11-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/105867 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181107… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45829/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

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.