CVE-2021-1493
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-29 17:31
Modified
2024-09-16 20:16
Severity ?
8.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H
Summary
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Buffer Overflow Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-memc-dos-fncTyYKGVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
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