CVE-2019-15992

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.041 · 91 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
4.07% (91st) EPSS
CVSS 9 · high
Is it mine?
602 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisco_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the implementation of the Lua interpreter integrated in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying Linux operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on the allowed Lua function calls within the context of user-supplied Lua scripts. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a heap overflow condition and execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying Linux operating system of an affected device.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

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

9.0
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–9

v2.09highAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 10
v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9
v3.07.2highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.07.2highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9
v3.07.2highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
v3.17.2highAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-119USCWE-119US
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affected products (602)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • cisco-sa-20191112-asa-ftd-lua-rceCisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2019-11-12csaf · cisco_csafUS

    A vulnerability in the implementation of the Lua interpreter integrated in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying Linux operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on the allowed Lua function calls within the context of user-supplied Lua scripts. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a heap overflow condition and execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying Linux operating system of an affected device. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisco_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2020-09-23modified 2026-08-11
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references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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