{"id":"CVE-2017-12256","aliases":["EUVD-2017-3829","GHSA-7fgg-2gf2-8rv5"],"status":"published","title":"A vulnerability in the Akamai Connect feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)...","description":"A vulnerability in the Akamai Connect feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to certain file-handling inefficiencies of the affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by directing client systems to access a corrupted file that the client systems cannot decompress correctly. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to crash or hang unexpectedly and result in a DoS condition that may require manual intervention to regain normal operating conditions. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve82472.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-07","score":0.01421,"percentile":0.72999,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-399"],"published":"2017-10-05T07:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:02:58Z","products":[{"vendor":"cisco","product":"cisco wide area application services"},{"vendor":"cisco","product":"wide_area_application_services"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101180","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171004-waas","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12256"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7fgg-2gf2-8rv5"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2017-12256","description":"A vulnerability in the Akamai Connect feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to certain file-handling inefficiencies of the affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by directing client systems to access a corrupted file that the client systems cannot decompress correctly. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to crash or hang unexpectedly and result in a DoS condition that may require manual intervention to regain normal operating conditions. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve82472.","status":"published","published":"2017-10-05T07:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T18:28:16.88Z","cwes":["CWE-399"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:16.916541Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2017-3829","description":"A vulnerability in the Akamai Connect feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to certain file-handling inefficiencies of the affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by directing client systems to access a corrupted file that the client systems cannot decompress correctly. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to crash or hang unexpectedly and result in a DoS condition that may require manual intervention to regain normal operating conditions. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve82472.","status":"published","published":"2017-10-05T07:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T18:28:16Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:23:22.23661Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-7fgg-2gf2-8rv5","title":"A vulnerability in the Akamai Connect feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)...","description":"A vulnerability in the Akamai Connect feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to certain file-handling inefficiencies of the affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by directing client systems to access a corrupted file that the client systems cannot decompress correctly. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to crash or hang unexpectedly and result in a DoS condition that may require manual intervention to regain normal operating conditions. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve82472.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-13T01:38:01Z","modified":"2023-02-01T05:09:11Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:50:55.659003Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2017-12256","description":"A vulnerability in the Akamai Connect feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to certain file-handling inefficiencies of the affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by directing client systems to access a corrupted file that the client systems cannot decompress correctly. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to crash or hang unexpectedly and result in a DoS condition that may require manual intervention to regain normal operating conditions. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve82472.","status":"published","published":"2017-10-05T07:29:00.403Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:02:58.79Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":7.1,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-399"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:04:01.734197Z"}]}}