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CVE-2013-1218

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1218 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Software in ASA 5500-X IPS-SSP modules before version 7.1(7)sp1E4, as well as several other Cisco IPS products. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause an Analysis Engine process hang or a device reload by sending specially crafted fragmented IPv4 or IPv6 packets. 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 (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_5500-x_series_ips_ssp_software:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:intrusion_prevention_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asa_5585-x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:idsm-2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ips_4345_sensor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0189 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130717-ips
Vendor Advisory