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CVE-2007-2461

The DHCP relay agent in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and PIX 7.2 allows remote...

7.8 High

The DHCP relay agent in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and PIX 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (dropped packets) via a DHCPREQUEST or DHCPINFORM message that causes multiple DHCPACK messages to be sent from DHCP servers to the agent, which consumes the memory allocated for a local buffer. NOTE: this issue only occurs when multiple DHCP servers are used.

Exploit likelihood

4.37%Up 2.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

The DHCP relay agent in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and PIX 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (dropped packets) via a DHCPREQUEST or DHCPINFORM message that causes multiple DHCPACK messages to be sent from DHCP servers to the agent, which consumes the memory allocated for a local buffer. NOTE: this issue only occurs when multiple DHCP servers are used.

Record
CVE-2007-2461
CVSS 2.0
7.8 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The DHCP relay agent in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and PIX 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (dropped packets) via a DHCPREQUEST or DHCPINFORM message that causes multiple DHCPACK messages to be sent from DHCP servers to the agent, which consumes the memory allocated for a local buffer. NOTE: this issue only occurs when multiple DHCP servers are used.

Record
CVE-2007-2461
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-2454 No score

The DHCP relay agent in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and PIX 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (dropped packets) via a DHCPREQUEST or DHCPINFORM message that causes multiple DHCPACK messages to be sent from DHCP servers to the agent, which consumes the memory allocated for a local buffer. NOTE: this issue only occurs when multiple DHCP servers are used.

Record
EUVD-2007-2454
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vwjv-mqrc-fc89 No score

The DHCP relay agent in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and PIX 7.2 allows remote...

The DHCP relay agent in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and PIX 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (dropped packets) via a DHCPREQUEST or DHCPINFORM message that causes multiple DHCPACK messages to be sent from DHCP servers to the agent, which consumes the memory allocated for a local buffer. NOTE: this issue only occurs when multiple DHCP servers are used.

Record
GHSA-vwjv-mqrc-fc89
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
aliases, references, titleGitHub Advisories
first indexedCVE List, NVD

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In short

CVE-2007-2461 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Cisco Pix, published May 2, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.37%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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