CVE-2016-6416

medium Cisco
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 24% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: October 5, 2016 (3507 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Cisco
Source: NVD

Description

The FTP service in Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices 9.6.0-000 through 9.9.6-026, Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices 9.0.0-162 through 9.5.0-444, and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of FTP traffic, aka Bug IDs CSCuz82907, CSCuz84330, and CSCuz86065.

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

cisco content security management appliancecisco email security appliancecisco web security appliance

References

🔗 tools.cisco.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com