CVE-2013-5542 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software versions 8.4, 8.7, 9.0, and 9.1. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by sending specially crafted ICMP packets, leading to firewall session disruption or a device reload. With a CVSS score of 8.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, with potential impacts on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.0\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.0\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
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