CVE-2019-15256

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software IKEv1 Denial of Service Vulnerability

HIGH
8.6
CVSS Score
Published: October 2, 2019 at 07:06 PM UTC
Updated: August 11, 2026 at 07:33 PM UTC
24 products affected across 1 vendorAdaptive Security ApplianceSecure Firewall Threat DefenseASA 5512-x Firmware

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Severity
HIGH8.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper management of system memory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious IKEv1 traffic to an affected device. The attacker does not need valid credentials to authenticate the VPN session, nor does the attacker's source address need to match a peer statement in the crypto map applied to the ingress interface of the affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust system memory resources, leading to a reload of an affected device.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

9.10 ≤ v < 9.10.1.309.12 ≤ v < 9.12.2.59.7 ≤ v < 9.8.4.109.9 ≤ v < 9.9.2.47
Affected range stops below 9.10.1.30, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.12.2.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.8.4.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.9.2.47, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-asa-5505 (same device)
cisco-asa-5510 (same device)
cisco-asa-5512-x (same device)
cisco-asa-5515-x (same device)
cisco-asa-5520 (same device)
cisco-asa-5525-x (same device)
cisco-asa-5540 (same device)
cisco-asa-5545-x (same device)
cisco-asa-5550 (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399CWE-400

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