CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-6285

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Sep 14, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Format string vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) 7.6.0 and 8.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite or service outage) via format string specifiers in an HTTP request, aka Bug ID CSCug21497.

Weakness

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Email_security_appliance Cisco 7.6.0 (including) 7.6.0 (including)
Email_security_appliance Cisco 8.0.0 (including) 8.0.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References