CVE-2018-0272
A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper error handling while processing SSL traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large volume of crafted SSL traffic to the vulnerable device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to degrade the device performance by triggering a persistent high CPU utilization condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh89340.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 5.9 Medium
- Status
- Modified - psirt@cisco.com
- Published
- 2018-04-19
- Last modified
- 2024-11-29
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399, CWE-755
Affected products
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103925
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180418-firepower
