CVE-2015-6285

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-09-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) 7.6.0 and 8.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite or service outage) via format string specifiers in an HTTP request, aka Bug ID CSCug21497.

Affected products

Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA): 7.6.0, 8.0.0

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40844
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033531
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40844
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033531

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