What is CVE-2018-15460?

CVE-2018-15460 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-2018-15460?

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

Improper input validation in Cisco Email Security Appliance (Esa)

CVE-2018-15460

A vulnerability in the email message filtering feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the CPU utilization to increase to 100 percent, causing a d…

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

EPSS: 0.004 (60.1th 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

106507 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
20190109 Cisco Email Security Appliance URL Filtering Denial of Service Vulnerability (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15460?: CVE-2018-15460 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-2018-15460?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.