CVE-2016-1486

HIGH

Cisco Email Security Appliance - Denial of Service via AMP Email Attachment Scanning

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the email attachment scanning functionality of the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to stop scanning and forwarding email messages due to a denial of service (DoS) condition. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects Cisco AsyncOS Software releases 9.7.1 and later, prior to the first fixed release, for both virtual and hardware Cisco Email Security Appliances, if the AMP feature is configured to scan incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCuy99453. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 10.0.0-125 9.7.1-207 9.7.2-047.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037124
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93906

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0300
EPSS Percentile 85.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-19
Status published
Products (31)
cisco/email_security_appliance 8.5.0-000
cisco/email_security_appliance 8.5.0-er1-198
cisco/email_security_appliance 8.5.6-052
cisco/email_security_appliance 8.5.6-073
cisco/email_security_appliance 8.5.6-074
cisco/email_security_appliance 8.5.6-106
cisco/email_security_appliance 8.5.6-113
cisco/email_security_appliance 8.5.7-042
cisco/email_security_appliance 8.6.0
cisco/email_security_appliance 8.6.0-011
... and 21 more
Published Oct 28, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026