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CVE-2012-4643

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4643 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the DHCP server of Cisco ASA 5500 series devices and ASASM modules across multiple software versions. Remote attackers can trigger a device reload by sending a series of crafted IPv4 DHCP packets, exploiting improper memory allocation. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating a high severity with a network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and a complete impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0\(0\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.0\(0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.0\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0\(4\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.0\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0153 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 / 86145
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20121010-asa
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/55861