Description
A vulnerability in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) inspection engine of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload or trigger high CPU, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of SIP traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending SIP requests designed to specifically trigger this issue at a high rate across an affected device. Software updates that address this vulnerability are not yet available.
Published: 2018-11-01
Score: 8.6 High
EPSS: 4.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-7332 A vulnerability in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) inspection engine of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload or trigger high CPU, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of SIP traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending SIP requests designed to specifically trigger this issue at a high rate across an affected device. Software updates that address this vulnerability are not yet available.
History

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Cisco firepower Threat Defense
Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Secure Firewall Threat Defense
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-26T14:23:11.489Z

Reserved: 2018-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-15454

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:54:03.520Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-11-01T12:29:00.190

Modified: 2026-08-11T19:33:44.513

Link: CVE-2018-15454

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-20

    Improper Input Validation