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CVE-2018-0385

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0385 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Firepower System Software, specifically within its detection engine's parsing of SSL protocol packets. Improper input handling of crafted SSL traffic can cause the Snort process to unexpectedly restart, affecting Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to a complete loss of availability by bypassing traffic inspection or dropping traffic. There is currently 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
5.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0233 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-20180711-firepwr-ssl-dos
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104727
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry