CVE-2008-3817

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

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

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 5500 Series: all versions
Cisco Pix Security Appliance: 8.0, 8.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32392
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a183ba.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31865
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021088
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2899
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46027
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5597
http://secunia.com/advisories/32392
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a183ba.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31865
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021088
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2899

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