CVE-2019-1817

HIGH

Cisco Web Security Appliance - Denial of Service via Malformed HTTP/HTTPS Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

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