VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-12673

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.79%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-10-02
Last modified2026-08-11
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A vulnerability in the FTP inspection engine of Cisco Adaptive Security (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of FTP data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious FTP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition on the affected device.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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