Vulnerability record

CVE-2018-15454

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What it is

Reported

A vulnerability in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) inspection engine of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload or trigger high CPU, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of SIP traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending SIP requests designed to specifically trigger this issue at a high rate across an affected device.… Source description excerpt; complete tracked detail loads below.

NVD published: Nov 1, 2018 · Source record updated: Aug 8, 2026 · Tracker snapshot: Aug 8, 2026

What is affected

Reported

Cisco — Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD). Product-level identification only; no affected-version conclusion is available from this field.

NVD published: Nov 1, 2018 · Source record updated: Aug 8, 2026 · Tracker snapshot: Aug 8, 2026

Urgency and basis

Reported

Act · 452.0

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Exploitation evidence

Reported

kev-listed · VulnCheck KEV

VulnCheck KEV added: Oct 31, 2018 · Source record updated: Aug 8, 2026 · Tracker snapshot: Aug 8, 2026

What to do

Reported

Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Source remediation ↗

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Evidence detail

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