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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-1486

CVE-2016-1486

Description

A vulnerability in the email attachment scanning functionality of the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to stop scanning and forwarding email messages due to a denial of service (DoS) condition. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects Cisco AsyncOS Software releases 9.7.1 and later, prior to the first fixed release, for both virtual and hardware Cisco Email Security Appliances, if the AMP feature is configured to scan incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCuy99453. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 10.0.0-125 9.7.1-207 9.7.2-047.

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Affected products

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  • Cisco Systems, Inc./Email Security Appliance Firmware30 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.0-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 29 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.0-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.0-er1-198:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-052:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-073:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-074:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-106:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-113:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.7-042:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.6.0-011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.1-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.2-032:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.0-212:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.0-461:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.5-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.1.0-011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.1.0-032:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.1.0-101:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.1.1-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.4.4-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.5.0-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.5.0-201:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.6.0-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.6.0-042:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.6.0-051:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.7.0-125:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Cisco Systems, Inc./AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliancesllm-fuzzy
    Range: 9.7.1 and later, prior to 10.0.0-125, 9.7.1-207, 9.7.2-047
  • Cisco Systems, Inc./AsyncOS Softwarellm-fuzzy
    Range: 9.7.1 and later, prior to 10.0.0-125, 9.7.1-207, 9.7.2-047

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