7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-15383
"Cisco ASA and FTD DMA Resource Exhaustion Denial of Service Vulnerability"
Description

A vulnerability in the cryptographic hardware accelerator driver of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a temporary denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability exists because the affected devices have a limited amount of Direct Memory Access (DMA) memory and the affected software improperly handles resources in low-memory conditions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a sustained, high rate of malicious traffic to an affected device to exhaust memory on the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust DMA memory on the affected device, which could cause the device to reload and result in a temporary DoS condition.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 5, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 15, 2023, 3:24 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-15383 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software
2 Cisco firepower_threat_defense
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-15383.

URL Resource
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041787 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-asa-dma-dos Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-15383 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.9(28):*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.9(28):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.6(43):*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.6(43):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 11, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 11, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 11, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 31, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CWE NIST CWE-770
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Cisco Systems, Inc. CWE-400
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-asa-dma-dos No Types Assigned https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-asa-dma-dos Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041787 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041787 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.6\(43\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.9\(28\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 07, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041787 [No Types Assigned]
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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.10 }} 0.00%

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0.41621

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