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CVE-2012-5717

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5717 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) running firmware versions 8.x through 8.4(1). Authenticated remote attackers can crash the device by establishing multiple SSH sessions due to improper session management. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.3, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, medium complexity, and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.0\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.0\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0\(4\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.0\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0\(5\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.0\(5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0131 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 1,425 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-5717
Vendor Advisory