Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Software in ASA 5500-X IPS-SSP software modules before 7.1(7)sp1E4 allows remote attackers to cause…

published 2013-07-18 13y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-1258

cvss: 7.8; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Software in ASA 5500-X IPS-SSP software modules before 7.1(7)sp1E4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Analysis Engine process hang or device reload) via fragmented (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6 packets, aka Bug ID CSCue51272.

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Exploit prediction

1.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	7.8	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130717-ips
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-1218
NVD CVE-2013-1218

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