CVE-2021-1493

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-1493
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-29 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:28:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient boundary checks for specific data that is provided to the web services interface of an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTP request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a buffer overflow condition on the affected system, which could disclose data fragments or cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance All All All All
Operating System Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software All All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Buffer Overflow Denial of Service Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 316956 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Web Services Buffer Overflow Denial of Service Vulnerability(cisco-sa-memc-dos-fncTyYKG)
  • 316957 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Buffer Overflow Denial of Service Vulnerability(cisco-sa-memc-dos-fncTyYKG)
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