What is CVE-2019-1696?

CVE-2019-1696 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-03.

How severe is CVE-2019-1696?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software

CVE-2019-1696

Multiple vulnerabilities in the Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol preprocessor detection engine for Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent or remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.018 (76.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software — versions unspecified
Cisco Firepower_threat_defense
Cisco Secure_firewall_management_center — versions 2.9.8, 2.9.9, 2.9.10
Cisco Secure_firewall_threat_defense

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1696?: CVE-2019-1696 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2019-1696?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.