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CVE-2021-1501

CVE detail

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.

CVSS 8.6 · HighBuzz score 11.9

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 11.9

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0

Mention score

6.9

1 evidence mentions in the snapshot

Diversity score

5.0

1 sources across 1 categories

KEV score

0.0

No KEV entry observed

OTX score

0.0

0 OTX pulses

PoC score

0.0

0 repos · best confidence N/A

Best PoC traction

Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions: 0; within the 30d window
Peak daily: 0; highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first

1 source links · newest first

Several High-Severity Vulnerabilities Expose Cisco Firewalls to Remote AttacksSecurityWeek
Cisco this week released patches for multiple vulnerabilities in Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software, including high-severity issues that could be exploited for arbitrary command execution or denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.
newswww.securityweek.comApr 29, 2021, 10:27 AM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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0 repository references · best confidence N/A · max 0 stars

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External lookup

Potential internet exposure

Potential exposure only — not proof of vulnerability.Shodan results indicate potentially internet-exposed products, not confirmed vulnerable systems. They do not confirm that any returned system is vulnerable to CVE-2021-1501.

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Unavailable

Published

Apr 29, 2021

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE IDs

Vendor classifications

How this vector reads

CVSS 3.1 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Attack Vector (AV): Network. The vulnerable system can be reached across network boundaries.
Attack Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Privileges Required (PR): None. The attacker needs no privileges on the vulnerable system.
User Interaction (UI): None. Exploitation does not require another user to act.
Scope (S): Changed. Impacts can cross into a different security authority.
Confidentiality Impact (C): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

0 stored signals · no KEV · 0 OTX pulses