CVE-2016-1440

5.3 mediumEPSS 1.3%

Medium (5.3) in cisco web security appliance. EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The proxy process on Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices through 9.1.0-070 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by establishing an FTP session and then improperly terminating the control connection after a file transfer, aka Bug ID CSCuy43468.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.3 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 69% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-399
Published: 2016-07-02
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-20160627-wsa
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036188
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160627-wsa
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036188

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