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CVE-2016-1379

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1379 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software versions 9.0 through 9.5.1. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to trigger memory consumption by sending crafted IPsec VPN tunnel packets. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires authentication, but can lead to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.0.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0115 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 21,958 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 0.0 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-20160517-asa-vpn
Vendor Advisory