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CVE-2015-6290

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-6290 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) version 8.0.7. Remote HTTP servers can exploit this flaw by sending crafted responses, leading to excessive memory consumption from stale TCP connections. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial denial of service, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in the KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:8.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:8.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:8.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0_baseCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance:8.0_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0141 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/viewAlert.x
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/76687
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1033530
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry