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CVE-2016-1486

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-19 Data Handling
Publication date:
28/10/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

A vulnerability in the email attachment scanning functionality of the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to stop scanning and forwarding email messages due to a denial of service (DoS) condition. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects Cisco AsyncOS Software releases 9.7.1 and later, prior to the first fixed release, for both virtual and hardware Cisco Email Security Appliances, if the AMP feature is configured to scan incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCuy99453. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 10.0.0-125 9.7.1-207 9.7.2-047.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.80
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.0-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.0-er1-198:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-052:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-073:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-074:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-106:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-113:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.7-042:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.6.0-011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.1-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.2-032:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.0-212:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools