CVE-2010-0149

Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance 7.2 before 7.2(4.46), 8.0 before 8.0(4.38), 8.1 before 8.1(2.29), and 8.2 before 8.2(1.5); and Cisco PIX 500 Series Security Appliance; allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (prevention of new connections) via crafted TCP segments during termination of the TCP connection that cause the connection to remain in CLOSEWAIT status, aka "TCP Connection Exhaustion Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Published: 2010-02-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-0149 is rated High Risk (66.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.05%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +3.64% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0149

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 2026-06-15 0.42% 4.05% +3.64%
2 2026-03-07 0.63% 0.42% -0.21%
3 2026-01-04 0.63%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0149

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-2010-0149

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0149

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco asa_5500 7.1 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asa_5500:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco asa_5500 7.2 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asa_5500:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco asa_5500 8.0 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asa_5500:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco asa_5500 8.1 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asa_5500:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco asa_5500 8.2 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asa_5500:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_500 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0149

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