CVE-2012-5717
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices with firmware 8.x through 8.4(1) do not properly...
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices with firmware 8.x through 8.4(1) do not properly manage SSH sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by establishing multiple sessions, aka Bug ID CSCtc59462.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices with firmware 8.x through 8.4(1) do not properly manage SSH sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by establishing multiple sessions, aka Bug ID CSCtc59462.
- Record
CVE-2012-5717- CVSS 2.0
- 6.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices with firmware 8.x through 8.4(1) do not properly manage SSH sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by establishing multiple sessions, aka Bug ID CSCtc59462.
- Record
CVE-2012-5717- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5600 No score
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices with firmware 8.x through 8.4(1) do not properly manage SSH sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by establishing multiple sessions, aka Bug ID CSCtc59462.
- Record
EUVD-2012-5600- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-277q-9jj6-mg2v No score
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices with firmware 8.x through 8.4(1) do not properly...
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices with firmware 8.x through 8.4(1) do not properly manage SSH sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by establishing multiple sessions, aka Bug ID CSCtc59462.
- Record
GHSA-277q-9jj6-mg2v- 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-2012-5717 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, published January 18, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.31%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.