What is CVE-2018-15453?

CVE-2018-15453 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance (Esa), classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2019-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-15453?

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

Improper input validation in Cisco Email Security Appliance (Esa)

CVE-2018-15453

A vulnerability in the Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Decryption and Verification or S/MIME Public Key Harvesting features of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthentic…

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.003 (52.4th 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

Cisco Email Security Appliance (Esa) — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

20190109 Cisco Email Security Appliance Memory Corruption Denial of Service Vulnerability (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory)
106511 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15453?: CVE-2018-15453 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance (Esa), classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2019-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-15453?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.