# CVE-2012-2474: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service via memory consumption in the clientless WebVPN feature of Cisco ASA devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Aug 2012
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mgcq-2wq9-xqxh

## What is CVE-2012-2474?

CVE-2012-2474 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, published on 6 Aug 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Memory leak on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software 8.2 through 8.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and blank response page) by using the clientless WebVPN feature, aka Bug ID CSCth34278.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2474?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-2474?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2474 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-2474 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2474 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance

- [CVE-2012-0358](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0358/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2012-4661](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4661/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2010-4675](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4675/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2010-4680](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4680/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2011-3298](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3298/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-2474 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-2474 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, published on 6 Aug 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2474 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2474/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2474/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2474
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2474
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2474

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2474/
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