CVE-2016-1440

medium

Description

The proxy process on Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices through 9.1.0-070 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by establishing an FTP session and then improperly terminating the control connection after a file transfer, aka Bug ID CSCuy43468.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036188

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160627-wsa

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-07-02

Updated: 2026-05-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00445