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."
Published Oct 23, 2008
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.98%
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."
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
- 8.0
- 8.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.98% (0.01978) | 79.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.98% (0.01978) | 77.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.48% (0.01482) | 79.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.30% (0.02304) | 90.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 20, 2024 | 2.13% (0.02133) | 88.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.98% (0.01978) | 86.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32392 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a183ba.shtml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31865 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021088 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2899 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46027 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5597 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32392 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a183ba.shtml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31865 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021088 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2899 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46027 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5597 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
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