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
Published Oct 28, 2016
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.00%
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.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Cisco AsyncOS through 9.7.1-066 Defaultn/a
- Version Cisco AsyncOS through 9.7.1-066StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Cisco AsyncOS through 9.7.1-066 | n/a |
|
- 8.5.0-000
- 8.5.0-er1-198
- 8.5.6-052
- 8.5.6-073
- 8.5.6-074
- 8.5.6-106
- 8.5.6-113
- 8.5.7-042
- 8.6.0
- 8.6.0-011
- 8.9.0
- 8.9.1-000
- 8.9.2-032
- 9.0.0
- 9.0.0-212
- 9.0.0-461
- 9.0.5-000
- 9.1.0
- 9.1.0-011
- 9.1.0-032
- 9.1.0-101
- 9.1.1-000
- 9.4.0
- 9.4.4-000
- 9.5.0-000
- 9.5.0-201
- 9.6.0-000
- 9.6.0-042
- 9.6.0-051
- 9.7.0-125
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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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 | 3.00% (0.02995) | 86.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.00% (0.02995) | 85.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.58% (0.00585) | 67.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00563) | 78.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00563) | 77.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00563) | 74.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (3)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93906 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037124 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esa2 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93906 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037124 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esa2 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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