CVE-2017-3818
A vulnerability in the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) scanner of Cisco AsyncOS...
A vulnerability in the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) scanner of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured user filters on the device, aka a Malformed MIME Header Filtering Bypass. This vulnerability affects all releases prior to the first fixed release of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances, both virtual and hardware appliances, if the software is configured to apply a message filter or content filter to incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCvb65245. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 9.8.0-092.
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
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A vulnerability in the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) scanner of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured user filters on the device, aka a Malformed MIME Header Filtering Bypass. This vulnerability affects all releases prior to the first fixed release of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances, both virtual and hardware appliances, if the software is configured to apply a message filter or content filter to incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCvb65245. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 9.8.0-092.
- Record
CVE-2017-3818- CVSS 3.0
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability in the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) scanner of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured user filters on the device, aka a Malformed MIME Header Filtering Bypass. This vulnerability affects all releases prior to the first fixed release of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances, both virtual and hardware appliances, if the software is configured to apply a message filter or content filter to incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCvb65245. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 9.8.0-092.
- Record
CVE-2017-3818- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-12935 No score
A vulnerability in the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) scanner of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured user filters on the device, aka a Malformed MIME Header Filtering Bypass. This vulnerability affects all releases prior to the first fixed release of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances, both virtual and hardware appliances, if the software is configured to apply a message filter or content filter to incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCvb65245. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 9.8.0-092.
- Record
EUVD-2017-12935- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hhrh-pc24-4cm9
A vulnerability in the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) scanner of Cisco AsyncOS...
A vulnerability in the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) scanner of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured user filters on the device, aka a Malformed MIME Header Filtering Bypass. This vulnerability affects all releases prior to the first fixed release of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances, both virtual and hardware appliances, if the software is configured to apply a message filter or content filter to incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCvb65245. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 9.8.0-092.
- Record
GHSA-hhrh-pc24-4cm9- CVSS 3.0
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- 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-2017-3818 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware, published February 3, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.24%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.