CVE-2016-1382

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
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: 2016-05-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Cisco AsyncOS before 8.5.3-069 and 8.6 through 8.8 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices mishandles memory allocation for HTTP requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (proxy-process reload) via a crafted request, aka Bug ID CSCuu02529.

Affected products

Cisco Web Security Appliance (Wsa): 5.6.0-623, 6.0.0-000, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3 (+21)

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160518-wsa3
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035910
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160518-wsa3
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035910

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