CVE-2012-4643Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software

Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 29
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The DHCP server on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services Module (ASASM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, with software 7.0 before 7.2(5.8), 7.1 before 7.2(5.8), 7.2 before 7.2(5.8), 8.0 before 8.0(5.28), 8.1 before 8.1(2.56), 8.2 before 8.2(5.27), 8.3 before 8.3(2.31), 8.4 before 8.4(3.10), 8.5 before 8.5(1.9), and 8.6 before 8.6(1.5) does not properly allocate memory for DHCP packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q56j-8xm2-393w: The DHCP server on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services Module (ASASM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series dev2022-05-17
CVEList
CVE-2012-4643: The DHCP server on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services Module (ASASM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series dev2012-10-29

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances and Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series ASA Services Module2012-10-10
CVE-2012-4643 — Cisco vulnerability | cvebase