CVE-2021-1501
HIGHCisco Firepower/ASA DoS via SIP Pinhole Connection Hash Lookup
Title source: llmDescription
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
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-ftd-sipdos-GGwmMerC
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