CVE-2008-3817
Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 8...
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."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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."
- Record
CVE-2008-3817- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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."
- Record
CVE-2008-3817- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-3803 No score
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."
- Record
EUVD-2008-3803- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7h25-phc4-5m3h No score
Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 8...
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."
- Record
GHSA-7h25-phc4-5m3h- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-3817 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Cisco Pix Security Appliance, published October 23, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.98%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/31865
secunia.com/advisories/32392
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5597
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46027
securitytracker.com/id?1021088
cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a183ba.shtml
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2899
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3817
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7h25-phc4-5m3h