CVE-2016-9225
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2017-02-01
- WeaknessCWE-399
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Description
A vulnerability in the data plane IP fragment handler of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) CX Context-Aware Security module could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the CX module to be unable to process further traffic, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of IP fragments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted fragmented IP traffic across the CX module. An exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust free packet buffers in shared memory (SHM), causing the CX module to be unable to process further traffic, resulting in a DoS condition. This vulnerability affects all versions of the ASA CX Context-Aware Security module. Cisco has not released and will not release software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCva62946.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2017-02-0119:59CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-9225?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-9225?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | = 9.0.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.0 | = 9.0.1-40 | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.0 | = 9.0.2 | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.0 | = 9.0.2-68 | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.0 | = 9.0_base | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.1 | = 9.1.2-29 | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.1 | = 9.1.2-42 | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.1 | = 9.1.3-8 | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.1 | = 9.1.3-10 | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.1 | = 9.1.3-13 | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.2 | = 9.2.1-1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.2 | = 9.2.2-1 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
Advisories and patches
- tools.cisco.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.08.6read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.07.8read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-399read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-399read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.7 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Published
- 2017-02-01
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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