CVE-2012-3901: cisco intrusion_prevention_system

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3901 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in cisco intrusion_prevention_system. EPSS estimates a 1.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 16-09-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The updateTime function in sensorApp on Cisco IPS 4200 series sensors 7.0 and 7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash and traffic-inspection outage) via network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCta96144.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.