CVE-2016-1440 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices through version 9.1.0-070. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by establishing an FTP session and then improperly terminating the control connection after a file transfer, leading to high CPU consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a low-complexity attack that can be executed over the network without user interaction, resulting in a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.6.0-623CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:5.6.0-623:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.0-000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:6.0.0-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub 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.