Is CVE-2012-5415 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-5415 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-5415?

CVE-2012-5415 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-5415

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD

Race condition on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or device reload) by establishing multiple connections, leading to improper handling of hash lookups for secondary flows, aka Bug IDs CSCue31622 and CSCuc71272.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.4 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-362
EPSS score: 0.8% (57th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-5334)
Published: April 16, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5334 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

cisco / 5500 adaptive security appliance
cisco / 5500 series adaptive security appliance
cisco / 5500 series adaptive security appliance
cisco / adaptive security appliance

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-5415(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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