CVE-2016-1385 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2016-1385

The XML parser in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software...

Vulnerability Description

The XML parser in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software through 9.5.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (instability, memory consumption, or device reload) by leveraging (1) administrative access or (2) Clientless SSL VPN access to provide a crafted XML document, aka Bug ID CSCut14209.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

adaptive security appliance software
Vulnerable Versions:
8.4.0, 8.4.1, 8.4.1.3, 8.4.1.11, 8.4.2, 8.4.2.1, 8.4.2.8, 8.4.3, 8.4.3.8, 8.4.3.9, 8.4.4, 8.4.4.1, 8.4.4.3, 8.4.4.5, 8.4.4.9, 8.4.5, 8.4.5.6, 8.4.6, 8.4.7, 8.4.7.3, 8.4.7.15, 8.4.7.22, 8.4.7.23, 8.4.7.26, 8.4.7.28, 8.4.7.29, 8.5.1, 8.5.1.1, 8.5.1.6, 8.5.1.7, 8.5.1.14, 8.5.1.17, 8.5.1.18, 8.5.1.19, 8.5.1.21, 8.5.1.24, 8.6.1, 8.6.1.1, 8.6.1.2, 8.6.1.5, 8.6.1.10, 8.6.1.12, 8.6.1.13, 8.6.1.14, 8.6.1.17, 8.7.1, 8.7.1.1, 8.7.1.3, 8.7.1.4, 8.7.1.7, 8.7.1.8, 8.7.1.11, 8.7.1.13, 8.7.1.16, 8.7.1.17, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.0.2.10, 9.0.3, 9.0.3.6, 9.0.3.8, 9.0.4, 9.0.4.1, 9.0.4.5, 9.0.4.7, 9.0.4.17, 9.0.4.20, 9.0.4.24, 9.0.4.26, 9.0.4.29, 9.0.4.33, 9.0.4.35, 9.0.4.37, 9.1.1, 9.1.1.4, 9.1.2, 9.1.2.8, 9.1.3, 9.1.3.2, 9.1.4, 9.1.4.5, 9.1.5, 9.1.5.10, 9.1.5.12, 9.1.5.15, 9.1.5.21, 9.1.6, 9.1.6.1, 9.1.6.4, 9.1.6.6, 9.1.6.8, 9.1.6.10, 9.2\(0.0\), 9.2\(0.104\), 9.2\(3.1\), 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.2.4, 9.2.2.7, 9.2.2.8, 9.2.3, 9.2.3.3, 9.2.3.4, 9.2.4, 9.2.4.2, 9.2.4.4, 9.3\(1.50\), 9.3\(1.105\), 9.3\(2.100\), 9.3\(2.243\), 9.3.1, 9.3.1.1, 9.3.2, 9.3.2.2, 9.3.3, 9.3.3.1, 9.3.3.2, 9.3.3.5, 9.3.3.6, 9.3.5, 9.4.0.115, 9.4.1, 9.4.1.1, 9.4.1.2, 9.4.1.3, 9.4.1.5, 9.4.2, 9.4.2.3, 9.5.1, 9.5.2

Timeline

Official Publish: May 26th, 2016
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.