CVE-2008-3817 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Cisco PIX Security Appliance

CWE-399CWE-2644 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Cisco PIX Security Appliance
Timeline
PublishedOct 23
Latest updateMay 2

Description

Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 8.0 before 8.0(4) and 8.1 before 8.1(2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an unspecified sequence of packets, related to the "initialization code for the hardware crypto accelerator."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.9

Affected Packages1 packages

Patches

Patch: www.cisco.com ↗Patch: www.cisco.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7h25-phc4-5m3h: Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 8↗2022-05-02
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CVEList
CVE-2008-3817: Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 8↗2008-10-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco PIX and Cisco ASA↗2008-10-22
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CVE-2008-3817 — Cisco vulnerability | cvebase