Buffer overflow in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) - CVE-2019-12688
Published: October 8, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21623
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12688
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation in the web UI. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted input to the web UI, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary commands within the affected device.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC)
How to mitigate CVE-2019-12688
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) - update to 6.2.3