CVE-2012-0356

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-03-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services Module (ASASM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, with software 7.0 through 7.2 before 7.2(5.7), 8.0 before 8.0(5.27), 8.1 before 8.1(2.53), 8.2 before 8.2(5.8), 8.3 before 8.3(2.25), 8.4 before 8.4(2.5), and 8.5 before 8.5(1.2) and the Firewall Services Module (FWSM) 3.1 and 3.2 before 3.2(23) and 4.0 and 4.1 before 4.1(8) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, when multicast routing is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted IPv4 PIM message, aka Bug IDs CSCtr47517 and CSCtu97367.

Affected products

Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance: all versions
Cisco ASA Software: 7.0, 7.0(0), 7.0(1), 7.0(2), 7.0(4), 7.0(5) (+82)
Cisco Catalyst 6500: all versions
Cisco Catalyst 6503-E: all versions
Cisco Catalyst 6504-E: all versions
Cisco Catalyst 6506-E: all versions
Cisco Catalyst 6509-E: all versions
Cisco Catalyst 6509-Neb-A: all versions
Cisco Catalyst 6509-V-E: all versions
Cisco Catalyst 6513: all versions
Cisco Catalyst 6513-E: all versions
Cisco Firewall Services Module: all versions
Cisco Firewall Services Module Software: 3.1, 3.1(2), 3.1(3), 3.1(4), 3.1(5), 3.1(6) (+61)

References

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