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CVE-2016-1287
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 74.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2016-02-11 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-119
Description
Buffer overflow in the IKEv1 and IKEv2 implementations in Cisco ASA Software before 8.4(7.30), 8.7 before 8.7(1.18), 9.0 before 9.0(4.38), 9.1 before 9.1(7), 9.2 before 9.2(4.5), 9.3 before 9.3(3.7), 9.4 before 9.4(2.4), and 9.5 before 9.5(2.2) on ASA 5500 devices, ASA 5500-X devices, ASA Services Module for Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco 7600 devices, ASA 1000V devices, Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (aka ASAv), Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module, and ISA 3000 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted UDP packets, aka Bug IDs CSCux29978 and CSCux42019.
Affected products
- Cisco ASA Software: 7.2.1, 7.2.1.9, 7.2.1.13, 7.2.1.19, 7.2.1.24, 7.2.2 (+193)
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137100/Cisco-ASA-Software-IKEv1-IKEv2-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160210-asa-ike
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034997
- https://blog.exodusintel.com/2016/02/10/firewall-hacking/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39823/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/327976
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137100/Cisco-ASA-Software-IKEv1-IKEv2-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160210-asa-ike
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034997
- https://blog.exodusintel.com/2016/02/10/firewall-hacking/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39823/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/327976
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