CVE-2016-1486

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.030 · 87 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

3.00% (87th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

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31 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the email attachment scanning functionality of the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to stop scanning and forwarding email messages due to a denial of service (DoS) condition. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects Cisco AsyncOS Software releases 9.7.1 and later, prior to the first fixed release, for both virtual and hardware Cisco Email Security Appliances, if the AMP feature is configured to scan incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCuy99453. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 10.0.0-125 9.7.1-207 9.7.2-047.

cvss

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

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.8

v2.07.8highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-19USprimary

affected products (31)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a Cisco AsyncOS through 9.7.1-066≤ Cisco AsyncOS through 9.7.1-066enisa_euvdEU
cisco email security appliance= 8.5.0-000nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 8.5.0-er1-198nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 8.5.6-052nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 8.5.6-073nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 8.5.6-074nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 8.5.6-106nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 8.5.6-113nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 8.5.7-042nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 8.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 8.6.0-011nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 8.9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 8.9.1-000nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 8.9.2-032nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 9.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 9.0.0-212nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 9.0.0-461nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 9.0.5-000nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 9.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance= 9.1.0-011nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-10-28modified 2026-06-17

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