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TI-2018-10945 Aliases CVE-2018-15383GHSA-hmv9-9gm3-c2vc

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Direct Memory Access Denial of Service Vulnerability

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-400Published · 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 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

A vulnerability in the cryptographic hardware accelerator driver of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a temporary denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability exists because the affected devices have a limited amount of Direct Memory Access (DMA) memory and the affected software improperly handles resources in low-memory conditions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a sustained, high rate of malicious traffic to an affected device to exhaust memory on the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust DMA memory on the affected device, which could cause the device to reload and result in a temporary DoS condition.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02495 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
CiscoCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Softwareall versions—No fix listedCNA
  • Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 15

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.1VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.1.0VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2.0VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2.2VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2.3VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.3VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.4VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.5VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.6VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.1.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2.2 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2.3 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.3 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.4 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.5 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.6 Vulnerable ·Cisco
Show 5 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.6\(43\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.6(43)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.7VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.8VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.9VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.9\(28\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.9(28)VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.6\(43\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.6(43) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.7 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.8 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.9 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.9\(28\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.9(28) Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-15383
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hmv9-9gm3-c2vc

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2025-14628 Buffer overflow in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance Software KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2016-05454 Buffer overflow in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software through 9.4.2.3 on… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-06973 Authentication bypass in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-82192 Denial of service in Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD SSL VPN KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-16533 Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2025-14657 Missing authorization in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance Software KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
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Sources

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