CVE-2016-6469

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-12-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

A vulnerability in HTTP URL parsing of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability due to the proxy process unexpectedly restarting. More Information: CSCvb04312. Known Affected Releases: 9.0.1-162 9.1.1-074. Known Fixed Releases: 10.1.0-129 9.1.2-010.

Affected products

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA): 9.0.1-162, 9.1.1-074

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94775
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161207-wsa
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94775
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161207-wsa

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