CVE-2012-4629

high

Published 2012-09-12 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

The Cisco ASA-CX Context-Aware Security module before 9.0.2-103 for Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices, and Prime Security Manager (aka PRSM) before 9.0.2-103, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and application hang) via unspecified IPv4 packets that trigger log entries, aka Bug ID CSCub70603.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
cisco	asa_cx_context-aware_security	`{"endIncluding":"9.0"}`
cisco	prime_security_manager	`{"endIncluding":"9.0"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.