CVE-2015-0678

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The virtualization layer in Cisco ASA FirePOWER Software before 5.3.1.2 and 5.4.x before 5.4.0.1 and ASA Context-Aware (CX) Software before 9.3.2.1-9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) by rapidly sending crafted packets to the management interface, aka Bug IDs CSCus11007 and CSCun56954.

Affected products

all versions of the ASA CX Context-Aware Security module: 9.0.1, 9.0.1-40, 9.0.2, 9.0.2-68, 9.0_base, 9.1.2-29 (+12)
Cisco Asa With Firepower Services: 5.3.1, 5.3.1.1, 5.4.0

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150408-cxfp
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032046
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150408-cxfp
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032046

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