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CVE-2021-1501

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2021-04-29
  • Fixed in9.15.1.15 · 9.14.2.13 · 9.13.1.21 · 9.12.4.18 · 9.9.2.85 · 9.8.4.34
  • WeaknessCWE-613

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Description

A vulnerability in the 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 a crash and reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.The vulnerability is due to a crash that occurs during a hash lookup for a SIP pinhole connection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted SIP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a crash and reload of the affected device.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2021-04-2918:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-1501?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-1501?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Cisco ASA
BranchAffectedFixed in
9.15≥ 9.15, < 9.15.1.159.15.1.15
9.14≥ 9.14, < 9.14.2.139.14.2.13
9.13≥ 9.13, < 9.13.1.219.13.1.21
9.x≥ 9.10, < 9.12.4.189.12.4.18
9.9≥ 9.9, < 9.9.2.859.9.2.85
9.8≥ 9.8, < 9.8.4.349.8.4.34
Cisco secure firewall threat defense
BranchAffectedFixed in
6.7≥ 6.7.0, < 6.7.0.26.7.0.2
6.x≥ 6.5.0, < 6.6.46.6.4
6.x≥ 6.2.2, < 6.4.0.126.4.0.12

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Cisco ASA to 9.15.1.15 · 9.14.2.13 · 9.13.1.21 · 9.12.4.18 · 9.9.2.85 · 9.8.4.34

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2024-11-08
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CNACVSS 3.18.6read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.07.8read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-613read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.4 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2021-04-29
Last Modified
2026-08-11
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1501?

A vulnerability in the 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 a crash and reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.The vulnerability is due to a crash that occurs during a hash lookup for a SIP pinhole connection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted SIP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a crash and reload of the affected device.

Is CVE-2021-1501 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2021-1501 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.4% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-1501?

CVE-2021-1501 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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