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CVE-2017-12256

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: 2017-10-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

A vulnerability in the Akamai Connect feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to certain file-handling inefficiencies of the affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by directing client systems to access a corrupted file that the client systems cannot decompress correctly. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to crash or hang unexpectedly and result in a DoS condition that may require manual intervention to regain normal operating conditions. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve82472.

Affected products

• Cisco Wide Area Application Services: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101180
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171004-waas
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101180
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171004-waas

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