CVE-2019-1817
HIGHCisco Web Security Appliance - Denial of Service via Malformed HTTP/HTTPS Request
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the web proxy functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Web Security Appliance could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of HTTP and HTTPS requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed HTTP or HTTPS request to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a restart of the web proxy process, resulting in a temporary DoS condition.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-wsa-dos
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0177
EPSS Percentile
75.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (4)
cisco/web_security_appliance
11.5.1-fcs-115
cisco/web_security_appliance
11.5.1-fcs-124
cisco/web_security_appliance
11.5.1-fcs-125
cisco/web_security_appliance
11.7.0-fcs-334
Published
May 03, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026