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CVE-2016-1486

Published: Oct 28, 2016 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1486
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/19.html

A vulnerability in the email attachment scanning functionality of the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to stop scanning and forwarding email messages due to a denial of service (DoS) condition. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects Cisco AsyncOS Software releases 9.7.1 and later, prior to the first fixed release, for both virtual and hardware Cisco Email Security Appliances, if the AMP feature is configured to scan incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCuy99453. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 10.0.0-125 9.7.1-207 9.7.2-047.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Email_security_applianceCisco8.5.0-000 (including)8.5.0-000 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco8.5.0-er1-198 (including)8.5.0-er1-198 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco8.5.6-052 (including)8.5.6-052 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco8.5.6-073 (including)8.5.6-073 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco8.5.6-074 (including)8.5.6-074 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco8.5.6-106 (including)8.5.6-106 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco8.5.6-113 (including)8.5.6-113 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco8.5.7-042 (including)8.5.7-042 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco8.6.0 (including)8.6.0 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco8.6.0-011 (including)8.6.0-011 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco8.9.0 (including)8.9.0 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco8.9.1-000 (including)8.9.1-000 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco8.9.2-032 (including)8.9.2-032 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.0.0 (including)9.0.0 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.0.0-212 (including)9.0.0-212 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.0.0-461 (including)9.0.0-461 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.0.5-000 (including)9.0.5-000 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.1.0 (including)9.1.0 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.1.0-011 (including)9.1.0-011 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.1.0-032 (including)9.1.0-032 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.1.0-101 (including)9.1.0-101 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.1.1-000 (including)9.1.1-000 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.4.0 (including)9.4.0 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.4.4-000 (including)9.4.4-000 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.5.0-000 (including)9.5.0-000 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.5.0-201 (including)9.5.0-201 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.6.0-000 (including)9.6.0-000 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.6.0-042 (including)9.6.0-042 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.6.0-051 (including)9.6.0-051 (including)
Email_security_applianceCisco9.7.0-125 (including)9.7.0-125 (including)

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