CVE-2016-1369
The Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5585-X FirePOWER Security Services Processor (SSP) module...
The Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5585-X FirePOWER Security Services Processor (SSP) module for Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services 5.3.1 through 6.0.0 misconfigures kernel logging, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption, and inspection outage or module outage) via a flood of crafted IP traffic, aka Bug ID CSCux19922.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5585-X FirePOWER Security Services Processor (SSP) module for Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services 5.3.1 through 6.0.0 misconfigures kernel logging, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption, and inspection outage or module outage) via a flood of crafted IP traffic, aka Bug ID CSCux19922.
- Record
CVE-2016-1369- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - 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
The Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5585-X FirePOWER Security Services Processor (SSP) module for Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services 5.3.1 through 6.0.0 misconfigures kernel logging, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption, and inspection outage or module outage) via a flood of crafted IP traffic, aka Bug ID CSCux19922.
- Record
CVE-2016-1369- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2468 No score
The Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5585-X FirePOWER Security Services Processor (SSP) module for Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services 5.3.1 through 6.0.0 misconfigures kernel logging, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption, and inspection outage or module outage) via a flood of crafted IP traffic, aka Bug ID CSCux19922.
- Record
EUVD-2016-2468- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-65p4-8967-8v6f
The Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5585-X FirePOWER Security Services Processor (SSP) module...
The Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5585-X FirePOWER Security Services Processor (SSP) module for Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services 5.3.1 through 6.0.0 misconfigures kernel logging, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption, and inspection outage or module outage) via a flood of crafted IP traffic, aka Bug ID CSCux19922.
- Record
GHSA-65p4-8967-8v6f- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - 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-2016-1369 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Cisco Asa With Firepower Services, published May 5, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.93%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.