CVE-2018-15462 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit insufficient TCP rate limiting on management-enabled data interfaces (ports 22 and 443) by sending a steady stream of crafted TCP traffic. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) can lead to increased CPU and memory usage, ultimately causing a DoS condition. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.2.3.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.3.0, < 6.3.0.3CPE 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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