CVE-2021-40125
MEDIUMCisco ASA and FTD - Authenticated Denial of Service via Malformed IKEv2 Messages
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) implementation of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper control of a resource. An attacker with the ability to spoof a trusted IKEv2 site-to-site VPN peer and in possession of valid IKEv2 credentials for that peer could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed, authenticated IKEv2 messages to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a reload of the device.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-ikev2-dos-g4cmrr7C
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0033
EPSS Percentile
56.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (10)
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software
9.8.0 - 9.8.4.40
cisco/asa_5505_firmware
009.016\(001.025\)
cisco/asa_5512-x_firmware
009.016\(001.025\)
cisco/asa_5515-x_firmware
009.016\(001.025\)
cisco/asa_5525-x_firmware
009.016\(001.025\)
cisco/asa_5545-x_firmware
009.016\(001.025\)
cisco/asa_5555-x_firmware
009.016\(001.025\)
cisco/asa_5580_firmware
009.016\(001.025\)
cisco/asa_5585-x_firmware
009.016\(001.025\)
cisco/firepower_threat_defense
< 6.4.0.13
Published
Oct 27, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026