CVE-2015-6292

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-11-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The proxy-cache implementation in Cisco AsyncOS 8.0.x before 8.0.7-151, 8.1.x and 8.5.x before 8.5.2-004, 8.6.x and 8.7.x before 8.7.0-171-LD, and 8.8.x before 8.8.0-085 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via multiple proxy connections, aka Bug ID CSCus10922.

Affected products

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA): 8.0.0-000, 8.0.5, 8.0.5-hp1, 8.0.6, 8.0.6-119, 8.5.0-497 (+1)

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151104-wsa1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034062
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151104-wsa1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034062

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