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CVE-2018-15397

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-15397 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software. It stems from an error in Traffic Flow Confidentiality (TFC) over IPsec, causing devices to restart unexpectedly during encryption key renegotiation with TFC traffic in flight. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium) due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.9.1\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.9.1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0120 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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-20181003-asa-ipsec-dos
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1041786
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry