CVE-2015-6290: cisco web_security_virtual_appliance

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-6290 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in cisco web_security_virtual_appliance. EPSS estimates a 1.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 14-09-2015
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) 8.0.7 allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption from stale TCP connections) via crafted responses, aka Bug ID CSCuw10426.

• 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.