CVE-2009-4914

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-06-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Memory leak on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5580 series devices with software before 8.1(2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via Subject Alternative Name fields in an X.509 certificate, aka Bug ID CSCsq17879.

Affected products

Cisco Asa 5580: through 8.1\(1\)

References

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa81/release/notes/asarn812.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa81/release/notes/asarn812.html

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