CVE-2016-6439

high Cisco
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 66% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: October 27, 2016 (3485 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Cisco
Source: NVD

Description

A vulnerability in the detection engine reassembly of HTTP packets for Cisco Firepower System Software before 6.0.1 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to the Snort process unexpectedly restarting. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of an HTTP packet stream. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP packet stream to the detection engine on the targeted device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition if the Snort process restarts and traffic inspection is bypassed or traffic is dropped.

CWE

CWE-399

Affected Products

cisco secure firewall management center

References

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