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CVE-2012-0356

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0356 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco ASA 5500 series devices, ASASM, and FWSM modules across various software versions when multicast routing is enabled. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can trigger a device reload by sending a specially crafted IPv4 PIM message. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firewall_services_module_software:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firewall_services_module_software:3.1\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firewall_services_module_software:3.1\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1\(4\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firewall_services_module_software:3.1\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1\(5\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firewall_services_module_software:3.1\(5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0205 is in the 63rd 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

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

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

osvdb.org / 80041
secunia.com / advisories/48421
secunia.com / advisories/48423
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74028
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120314-asa
Vendor Advisory
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120314-fwsm
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id