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CVE-2018-0297

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0297 describes a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense software, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to bypass SSL Access Control policies. This bypass occurs due to the incorrect handling of out-of-order TCP SSL packets, enabling attackers to send crafted SSL connections through the device. The CVSS score is 5.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a potential impact of bypassing security controls. 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
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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:L/A:N

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0123 is in the 44th 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-20180516-firepwr-pb
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104197
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry