CVE-2016-1381

7.5 highEPSS 1.4%

High (7.5) in cisco web security appliance. EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Memory leak in Cisco AsyncOS 8.5 through 9.0 before 9.0.1-162 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an HTTP file-range request for cached content, aka Bug ID CSCuw97270.

Severity

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

EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 72% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-399
Published: 2016-05-25
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

cisco:web_security_appliance

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160518-wsa2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035909
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160518-wsa2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035909

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