CVE-2016-1287 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the IKEv1 and IKEv2 implementations of Cisco ASA Software, affecting various ASA 5500, ASA 5500-X, and other ASA-based devices. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or trigger a denial of service (device reload) by sending specially crafted UDP packets. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high level of awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2.1.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.2.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2.1.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.2.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2.1.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.2.1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.