Resource exhaustion in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance
CVE-2019-12698
A vulnerability in the WebVPN feature 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 affected device. The vulnerability is due to excessive processing load for a specific WebVPN HTTP page request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending multiple WebVPN HTTP page load requests for a specific URL. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to increase CPU load on the device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition, which could cause traffic to be delayed through the device.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.020 (79.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-12698?
- CVE-2019-12698 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-02.
- How severe is CVE-2019-12698?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.