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CVE-2017-12215

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12215 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco AsyncOS Software for Email Security Appliances, affecting versions 9.0 and later when configured with message or content filters for incoming email attachments. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted email messages, causing the device to run out of memory and cease email scanning and forwarding. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.1 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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-20170920-esa
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100920
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039414
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry