CVE-2012-4663
The DCERPC inspection engine on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services Module (ASASM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, with software 8.3 before 8.3(2.25), 8.4 before 8.4(2.5), and 8.5 before 8.5(1.13) and the Firewall Services Module (FWSM) 4.1 before 4.1(7) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series switches and 7600 series routers allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted DCERPC packet, aka Bug IDs CSCtr21346 and CSCtr27521.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4588)
- Published
- October 29, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4588 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cisco / 5500 series adaptive security appliance
- cisco / 7600 router
- cisco / adaptive security appliance software
- cisco / adaptive security appliance software
- cisco / adaptive security appliance software
- cisco / adaptive security appliance software
- cisco / adaptive security appliance software
- cisco / adaptive security appliance software
- cisco / adaptive security appliance software
- cisco / adaptive security appliance software
- cisco / adaptive security appliance software
- cisco / adaptive security appliance software
- cisco / catalyst 6500
- cisco / catalyst 6503-e
- cisco / catalyst 6504-e
- cisco / catalyst 6506-e
- cisco / catalyst 6509-e
- cisco / catalyst 6509-neb-a
- cisco / catalyst 6509-v-e
- cisco / catalyst 6513
- cisco / catalyst 6513-e
References
- http://osvdb.org/86148
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50857
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20121010-asa(Vendor Advisory)
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20121010-fwsm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55862
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79175
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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