CVE-2015-6292

high
Published 2015-11-06 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

The proxy-cache implementation in Cisco AsyncOS 8.0.x before 8.0.7-151, 8.1.x and 8.5.x before 8.5.2-004, 8.6.x and 8.7.x before 8.7.0-171-LD, and 8.8.x before 8.8.0-085 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via multiple proxy connections, aka Bug ID CSCus10922.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@cisco.com — http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151104-wsa1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
cisco ciscoweb_security_appliance8.0.0-000
cisco ciscoweb_security_appliance8.0.5
cisco ciscoweb_security_appliance8.0.6
cisco ciscoweb_security_appliance8.0.6-119
cisco ciscoweb_security_appliance8.5.0-497
cisco ciscoweb_security_appliance8.5.0.000

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.