CVE detail

CVE-2019-1983 — CVE-2019-1983

Published 2020-09-23 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product content_security_management_appliance · Source nvd
MEDIUM
severity
CVSS-derived band
5.3
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0186
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
77.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in the email message filtering feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause repeated crashes in some internal processes that are running on the affected devices, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of email attachments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an email message with a crafted attachment through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause specific processes to crash repeatedly, resulting in the complete unavailability of both the Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) and message tracking features and in

Remediation

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)not specifiedadvisory ↗

References

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