What is CVE-2021-1285?

CVE-2021-1285 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Utd Snort Ips Engine Software, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2024-11-18.

How severe is CVE-2021-1285?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Utd Snort Ips Engine Software

CVE-2021-1285

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Ethernet Frame Decoder of the Snort detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerabilit…

EPSS: 0.017 (82.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:X/RL:X/RC:X.

Affected products

Cisco Utd Snort Ips Engine Software — versions 16.12.3, Fuji-16.9.5, 16.12.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cisco-sa-snort-ethernet-dos-HGXgJH8n

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1285?: CVE-2021-1285 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Utd Snort Ips Engine Software, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2024-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-1285?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.