Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

published 2018-11-08 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-7327

cvss: 4.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) of the web-based management interface of an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface of the affected service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to click a malicious link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the web-based management interface to become unreachable, resulting in a DoS condition.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-25)

Exploit prediction

1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	4.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server Software

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181107-vsms-dos
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/105863
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-15449
NVD CVE-2018-15449

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Summary