CVE-2009-1157 describes a memory leak vulnerability in Cisco ASA 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances across multiple versions. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending a specially crafted TCP packet, leading to memory exhaustion or device reloads. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.