Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.005
EPSS Ranking 66.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.9
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
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