A vulnerability in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition due to the AMP process unexpectedly restarting
Published Oct 28, 2016
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.16%
Description
A vulnerability in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition due to the AMP process unexpectedly restarting. Affected Products: Cisco AsyncOS Software for Email Security Appliances (ESA) versions 9.5 and later up to the first fixed release, Cisco AsyncOS Software for Web Security Appliances (WSA) all versions prior to the first fixed release. More Information: CSCux56406, CSCux59928. Known Affected Releases: 9.6.0-051 9.7.0-125 8.8.0-085 9.5.0-444 WSA10.0.0-000. Known Fixed Releases: 9.7.1-066 WSA10.0.0-233.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Cisco AsyncOS through WSA10.0.0-000 Defaultn/a
- Version Cisco AsyncOS through WSA10.0.0-000StatusaffectedConstraints-
- 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 WSA10.0.0-000 | n/a |
|
- 9.5.0-000
- 9.5.0-201
- 9.6.0-000
- 9.6.0-042
- 9.6.0-051
- 9.7.0-125
- 8.8.0-085
- 9.0.0-193
- 9.0_base
- 9.1.0-000
- 9.1.0-070
- 9.1_base
- 9.5.0-235
- 9.5.0-284
- 9.5.0-444
- 9.5_base
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:P
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.16% (0.02163) | 81.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.16% (0.02163) | 79.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.36% (0.01361) | 78.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.42% (0.02416) | 75.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.08% (0.01083) | 76.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.41% (0.00410) | 74.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.41% (0.00410) | 73.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.41% (0.00410) | 69.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (4)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93910 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037120 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037121 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esawsa3 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93910 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037120 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037121 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esawsa3 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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