CVE-2017-12256

MEDIUM

Cisco Wide Area Application Services - Denial of Service via Corrupted File Decompression

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101180

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