CVE-2016-1486

Summary

CVECVE-2016-1486
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-10-28 10:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the email attachment scanning functionality of the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to stop scanning and forwarding email messages due to a denial of service (DoS) condition. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects Cisco AsyncOS Software releases 9.7.1 and later, prior to the first fixed release, for both virtual and hardware Cisco Email Security Appliances, if the AMP feature is configured to scan incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCuy99453. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 10.0.0-125 9.7.1-207 9.7.2-047.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.007600000 probability, percentile 0.734680000 (date 2026-05-09)

Problem Types: CWE-19 | unspecified


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 8.5.0-000 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 8.5.0-er1-198 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 8.5.6-052 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 8.5.6-073 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 8.5.6-074 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 8.5.6-106 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 8.5.6-113 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 8.5.7-042 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 8.6.0 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 8.6.0-011 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 8.9.0 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 8.9.1-000 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 8.9.2-032 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.0.0-212 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.0.0-461 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.0.5-000 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.1.0 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.1.0-011 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.1.0-032 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.1.0-101 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.1.1-000 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.4.0 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.4.4-000 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.5.0-000 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.5.0-201 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.6.0-000 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.6.0-042 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.6.0-051 All All All
Application Cisco Email Security Appliance 9.7.0-125 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Cisco AsyncOS Through 9.7.1-066 affected Cisco AsyncOS through 9.7.1-066 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Email Security Appliance Advanced Malware Protection Attachment Scanning Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco Email Security Appliance Advanced Malware Protection Bug in Processing UUencoded Files Lets Remote Users Cause the Target System to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Cisco AsyncOS CVE-2016-1486 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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