$ cve CVE-2016-1287 JSON

CVE-2016-1287 EXPLOIT

9.8

CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 74.2% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Buffer overflow in the IKEv1 and IKEv2 implementations in Cisco ASA Software before 8.4(7.30), 8.7 before 8.7(1.18), 9.0 before 9.0(4.38), 9.1 before 9.1(7), 9.2 before 9.2(4.5), 9.3 before 9.3(3.7), 9.4 before 9.4(2.4), and 9.5 before 9.5(2.2) on ASA 5500 devices, ASA 5500-X devices, ASA Services Module for Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco 7600 devices, ASA 1000V devices, Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (aka ASAv), Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module, and ISA 3000 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted UDP packets, aka Bug IDs CSCux29978 and CSCux42019.

Scoring

CVSS	9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS	74.22% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-119
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2016-02-11
Last modified	2026-06-17

Affected (1)

Vendor	Product
cisco	adaptive security appliance software

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Cisco ASA Software 8.x/9.x - IKEv1 / IKEv2 Buffer Overflow	2016-05-17

References

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