CVE-2008-3812

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-09-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cisco IOS 12.4, when IOS firewall Application Inspection Control (AIC) with HTTP Deep Packet Inspection is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a malformed HTTP transit packet.

Affected products

Cisco IOS: 12.4t, 12.4xe, 12.4xj, 12.4xk, 12.4xv, 12.4xw

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31990
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=16661
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a01545.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31354
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020929
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2670
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5302
http://secunia.com/advisories/31990
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=16661
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a01545.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31354
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020929

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