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CVE-2012-4661

Stack-based buffer overflow in the DCERPC inspection engine on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devi

Stack-based buffer overflow in the DCERPC inspection engine on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services Module (ASASM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, with software 8.3 before 8.3(2.34), 8.4 before 8.4(4.4), 8.5 before 8.5(1.13), and 8.6 before 8.6(1.3) and the Firewall Services Module (FWSM) 4.1 before 4.1(9) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series switches and 7600 series routers might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DCERPC packet, aka Bug IDs CSCtr21359 and CSCtr27522.

HIGH · CVSS 9 EPSS 0.09665
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  • EPSS percentile: top 7% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

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cisco adaptive security appliance softwareall versions
cisco 5500 series adaptive security applianceall versions
cisco 7600 routerall versions
cisco catalyst 6500all versions
cisco catalyst 6503-eall versions
cisco catalyst 6504-eall versions
cisco catalyst 6506-eall versions
cisco catalyst 6509-eall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

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HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · psirt@cisco.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:C
Published to NVD29 Oct 2012 · 08:55 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://osvdb.org/86146
http://secunia.com/advisories/50857
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20121010-asa
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20121010-fwsm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55863
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79173
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