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CVE-2021-40114

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2021-10-27 Modified: 2026-08-11

Description

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the way the Snort detection engine processes ICMP traffic that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper memory resource management while the Snort detection engine is processing ICMP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of ICMP packets through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust resources on the affected device, causing the device to reload.

Affected Platforms

Snort SnortCisco Secure Firewall Management CenterCisco Unified Threat DefenseCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense

Weakness Type

CWE-770, CWE-401

References