CVE-2018-15462
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-05-03 14:45
Modified
2024-09-17 00:25
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software TCP Ingress Handler Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108178
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-firepower-dosVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
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