CVE-2008-3817

high

Description

Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 8.0 before 8.0(4) and 8.1 before 8.1(2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an unspecified sequence of packets, related to the "initialization code for the hardware crypto accelerator."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5597

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46027

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2899

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021088

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31865

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a183ba.shtml

http://secunia.com/advisories/32392

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-10-23

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01482