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CVE-2016-1368

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1368 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco FirePOWER System Software versions 5.3.x and 5.4.x on FirePOWER 7000/8000 appliances and their Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Networks component. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending crafted packets, leading to a packet-processing outage. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:5.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:5.2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:5.2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firesight_system_software:5.2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0165 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160504-firepower
Vendor Advisory