CVE-2019-1669

HIGH

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense - Protection Mechanism Failure via Traffic Inspection Memory Exhaustion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the data acquisition (DAQ) component of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured access control policies or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability exists because the affected software improperly manages system memory resources when inspecting traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by generating specific traffic patterns for the software to inspect. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust system memory resources used for traffic inspection. Depending on the configuration, the FTD Software could fail open and cease to inspect traffic or fail closed and result in a DoS condition. This vulnerability may require manual intervention to restore the software.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106721

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0125
EPSS Percentile 65.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-693
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 6.3.0
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 6.4.0
Published Jan 24, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026