CVE-2012-2472 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco ASA 5500 series devices running software versions 8.2 and 8.4 when SIP inspection is enabled. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending crafted SIP traffic, leading to excessive CPU consumption due to the creation of numerous identical pre-allocated secondary pinholes. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a critical impact on availability, and there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.2\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.2\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.2\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2\(3.9\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.2\(3.9\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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.
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.