CVE-2021-1489

MEDIUM

Cisco Firepower Device Manager 6.4.0 - Authenticated Denial of Service via Filesystem Resource Exhaustion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

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