What is CVE-2021-1489?

CVE-2021-1489 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-04-29.

How severe is CVE-2021-1489?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software

CVE-2021-1489

A vulnerability in filesystem usage management for Cisco Firepower Device Manager (FDM) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to exhaust filesystem resources, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.012 (63.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1489?: CVE-2021-1489 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-04-29.
How severe is CVE-2021-1489?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.