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CVE-2017-6609

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6609 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco ASA Software's IPsec code, affecting various ASA products including the 5500 Series and ASAv. An authenticated, remote attacker can trigger a system reload by sending specially crafted malformed IPsec packets after establishing a valid IPsec tunnel. With a CVSS score of 7.7 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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

7.7HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0284 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 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, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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-20170419-asa-ipsec
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97936
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038316