CVE-2018-0231 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the TLS library of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software, affecting various Cisco products including ASAv and FTDv. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a device reload by sending a malicious TLS message to an SSL-enabled interface, leading to a buffer underflow and system crash. While the risk score is 66/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.8\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
98.1\(1.154\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:98.1\(1.154\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.0, < 6.1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.2.1, < 6.2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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