CVE-2019-1703

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Packet Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability

HIGH
8.6
CVSS Score
Published: May 3, 2019 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: August 11, 2026 at 07:33 PM UTC
6 products affected across 1 vendorSecure Firewall Threat DefenseFirepower 2140Firepower 2120

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Severity
HIGH8.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the internal packet-processing functionality of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software for the Cisco Firepower 2100 Series could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to stop processing traffic, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a logic error, which may prevent ingress buffers from being replenished under specific traffic conditions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of crafted packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to consume all input buffers, which are shared between all interfaces, leading to a queue wedge condition in all active interfaces. This situation would cause an affected device to stop processing any incoming traffic and result in a DoS condition until the device is reloaded manually.

Affected

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

6.2.1 ≤ v < 6.2.3.12
cisco-firepower-2110 (environment) · cisco-firepower-2120 (environment) · cisco-firepower-2130 (environment) · cisco-firepower-2140 (environment)
v < 6.2.3.12
Affected range stops below 6.2.3.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions
All versions
All versions
All versions

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-400CWE-770

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