CVE-2008-1749

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-05-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Memory leak in Cisco Content Switching Module (CSM) 4.2(3) up to 4.2(8) and Cisco Content Switching Module with SSL (CSM-S) 2.1(2) up to 2.1(7) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via TCP segments with an unspecified combination of TCP flags.

Affected products

Cisco Content Switching Module: 4.2.3, 4.2.3a, 4.2.4, 4.2.5, 4.2.6, 4.2.7 (+1)
Cisco Content Switching Module Ssl: 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 2.1.7

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30223
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080995684.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29216
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020021
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1532/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42409
http://secunia.com/advisories/30223
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080995684.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29216
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020021
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1532/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42409

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