CVE-2021-1501

HIGH

Cisco Firepower/ASA DoS via SIP Pinhole Connection Hash Lookup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the SIP inspection engine of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a crash and reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.The vulnerability is due to a crash that occurs during a hash lookup for a SIP pinhole connection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted SIP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a crash and reload of the affected device.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0077
EPSS Percentile 73.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-613
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.8 - 9.8.4.34
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 6.2.2 - 6.4.0.12
Published Apr 29, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026