CVE-2016-1440

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.013 · 69 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.25% (69th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

38 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The proxy process on Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices through 9.1.0-070 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by establishing an FTP session and then improperly terminating the control connection after a file transfer, aka Bug ID CSCuy43468.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.04.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-399USprimary

affected products (38)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
cisco web security appliance= 5.6.0-623nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 6.0.0-000nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 7.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 7.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 7.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 7.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 7.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 7.5.0-000nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 7.5.0-825nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 7.5.1-000nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 7.5.2-000nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 7.5.2-hp2-303nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 7.7.0-000nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 7.7.0-608nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 7.7.1-000nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 7.7.5-835nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 8.0.0-000nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 8.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco web security appliance= 8.0.5_hp1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-07-02modified 2026-06-17

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