CVE-2012-4660

The SIP inspection engine on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services Module (ASASM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, with software 8.2 before 8.2(5.17), 8.3 before 8.3(2.28), 8.4 before 8.4(2.13), 8.5 before 8.5(1.4), and 8.6 before 8.6(1.5) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted SIP media-update packet, aka Bug ID CSCtr63728.

Published: 2012-10-29 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4660 is rated Moderate Risk (58.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.80%). EPSS rose +1.20% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4660

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 0.60% 1.80% +1.20%
2 2025-03-30 0.51% 0.60% +0.09%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.51% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4660

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-2012-4660

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4660

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.2\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.2\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.2\(2\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.2\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.2\(3\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.2\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.2\(3.9\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.2\(3.9\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.2\(4\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.2\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.2\(4.1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.2\(4.1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.2\(4.4\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.2\(4.4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.2\(5\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.2\(5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.3\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.3\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.3\(2\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.3\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.4 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.4\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.4\(1.11\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4\(1.11\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.4\(2\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.4\(2.11\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4\(2.11\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.5 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.5\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.5\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 8.6\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.6\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco 5500_series_adaptive_security_appliance — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:5500_series_adaptive_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6500 — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6503-e — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6503-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6504-e — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6504-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6506-e — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6506-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6509-e — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6509-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6509-neb-a — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6509-neb-a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6509-v-e — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6509-v-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6513 — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6513:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catalyst_6513-e — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6513-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4660

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