CVE-2016-6399 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco ACE30 and ACE 4700 Application Control Engine appliances through A5 3.3. Remote attackers can trigger a device reload by sending crafted SSL or TLS packets. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ace_application_control_engine_module_a1:7a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ace_application_control_engine_module_a1:7b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ace_application_control_engine_module_a1:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ace_application_control_engine_module_a1:8.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ace_application_control_engine_module_a3:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.