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TI-2016-05456 Aliases CVE-2016-6368GHSA-pcq6-7678-76ww

Resource management flaw in Cisco Firepower Detection Engine

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A vulnerability in the detection engine parsing of Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) protocol packets for Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to the Snort process unexpectedly restarting. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of the fields in the PGM protocol packet. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted PGM packet to the detection engine on the targeted device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition if the Snort process restarts and traffic inspection is bypassed or traffic is dropped. This vulnerability affects Cisco Firepower System Software that has one or more file action policies configured and is running on any of the following Cisco products: Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5500-X Series with FirePOWER Services; Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5500-X Series Next-Generation Firewalls; Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Networks, 7000 Series Appliances; Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Networks, 8000 Series Appliances; Firepower 4100 Series Security Appliances; FirePOWER 7000 Series Appliances; FirePOWER 8000 Series Appliances; Firepower 9300 Series Security Appliances; FirePOWER Threat Defense for Integrated Services Routers (ISRs); Industrial Security Appliance 3000; Sourcefire 3D System Appliances; Virtual Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPSv) for VMware. Fixed versions: 5.4.0.10 5.4.1.9 6.0.1.3 6.1.0 6.2.0. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCuz00876.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03013 87th 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
—Cisco Firepower Detection EngineCisco Firepower Detection Engine—No fix listedCNA
  • Cisco Firepower Detection Engine Vendor— Affected Cisco Firepower Detection Engine Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.0VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.0.0VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.0.1VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.1VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-6368
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pcq6-7678-76ww

References

  • TI-2026-16344 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-16292 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Authentication Bypass Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-16502 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Static Credential Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2016-05515 The Threat Management Console in Cisco Firepower Management Center 5.2.0 through 6.0.1… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-14563 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Radius Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-06757 Improper privilege management in Cisco Firepower Management Center CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
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