CVE-2021-1489
MEDIUMCisco Firepower Device Manager 6.4.0 - Authenticated Denial of Service via Filesystem Resource Exhaustion
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in filesystem usage management for Cisco Firepower Device Manager (FDM) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to exhaust filesystem resources, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to the insufficient management of available filesystem resources. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading files to the device and exhausting available filesystem resources. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause database errors and cause the device to become unresponsive to web-based management. Manual intervention is required to free filesystem resources and return the device to an operational state.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fdm-dos-nFES8xTN
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0025
EPSS Percentile
48.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (1)
cisco/firepower_device_manager
6.4.0 - 6.4.0.12
Published
Apr 29, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026