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TI-2008-03657 Aliases CVE-2008-3817GHSA-7h25-phc4-5m3h

Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security…

Priority LOW 38CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 8.0 before 8.0(4) and 8.1 before 8.1(2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an unspecified sequence of packets, related to the "initialization code for the hardware crypto accelerator."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01978 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500_series:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_security_appliance:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_security_appliance:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.1VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500_series:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_security_appliance:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_security_appliance:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-3817
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7h25-phc4-5m3h

References

Patch 1

Other 2

  • TI-2008-03656 Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8

Sources

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