CVE-2017-12256
MEDIUMCisco Wide Area Application Services - Denial of Service via Corrupted File Decompression
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101180
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171004-waas
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0142
EPSS Percentile
69.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (2)
cisco/wide_area_application_services
n/a/Cisco Wide Area Application Services
Cisco Wide Area Application Services
Published
Oct 05, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026