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CVE-2017-6625

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6625 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense and Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Module, affecting versions 6.0.0 through 6.2.2. This flaw, stemming from improper SSL policy handling, allows an authenticated, remote attacker to send crafted packets, causing the system to cease packet inspection and processing. Rated 7.1 HIGH (CVSSv3), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0182 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-20170503-ftd
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/98292
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038397
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry