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CVE-2016-6366: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SNMP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2016-6366
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) code of Cisco ASA software could allow an attacker to cause a reload of the affected system or to remotely execute code.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Ciscoproduct: Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)Remote code execution
What
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the SNMP code could allow remote code execution or system reload.
Who is affected
Users of Cisco ASA software.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Apply the latest updates for Cisco ASA.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-05-24
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6366

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2016-6366coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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