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CVE-2018-0281

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0281 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Firepower System Software, specifically affecting the Snort detection engine. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted TLS connection setup request, causing the Snort engine to restart due to improper handling of a TLS extension. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.8 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, with the primary impact being a brief service disruption. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180502-fpwr-txdos
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104096
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry