CVE-2016-1381

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
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: 2016-05-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Memory leak in Cisco AsyncOS 8.5 through 9.0 before 9.0.1-162 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an HTTP file-range request for cached content, aka Bug ID CSCuw97270.

Affected products

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA): 8.5.0-497, 8.5.0.000, 8.5.1-021, 8.5.2-024, 8.5.2-027, 8.5.3-055 (+4)

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160518-wsa2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035909
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160518-wsa2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035909

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