CVE-2009-4918

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5580 series devices with software before 8.1(2) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IKE process hang) via malformed NAT-T packets, aka Bug ID CSCsr74439.

Published: 2010-06-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4918 is rated Moderate Risk (55.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.39%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4918

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-29 1.21% 1.39% +0.18%
2 2026-06-15 0.81% 1.21% +0.39%
3 2026-02-23 0.81%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4918

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4918

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4918

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco asa_5580 <= 8.1\(1\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asa_5580:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4918

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