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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.0

CVE-2009-0628 json

Memory leak in the SSLVPN feature in Cisco IOS 12.3 through 12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption a…

published 2009-03-27 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0631

cvss
9.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Memory leak in the SSLVPN feature in Cisco IOS 12.3 through 12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and device crash) by disconnecting an SSL session in an abnormal manner, leading to a Transmission Control Block (TCB) leak.

Exploit prediction

1.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.