Evidence used
- CISA confirms exploitation in the wild.
- EPSS is 70.65% for the current model date.
BlackTreeCVE IntelligenceCisco · Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Official source article: Cisco CISCO-SA-ASAFTD-WEBVPN-Z5XP8EUB ↗. Check the applicable product and release in the original source.
CISA confirms exploitation in the wild and lists 2025-09-26 as the remediation due date.
CISA confirms exploitation in the wild and lists 2025-09-26 as the remediation due date.
Mitigation availableCisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security (ASA) Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software VPN Web Server contain a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. This vulnerability could be chained with CVE-2025-20362.
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security (ASA) Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software VPN Web Server contain a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. This vulnerability could be chained with CVE-2025-20362.
The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may execute code or commands in the affected security context.
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security (ASA) Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software VPN Web Server contain a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. This vulnerability could be chained with CVE-2025-20362.
The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may execute code or commands in the affected security context.
CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.
CISA added this CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 2025-09-25.
No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.
CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'). The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCommon Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.
Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.
Published 25 Sept 2025 · Last source change 26 Feb 2026, 17:47 UTC · CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
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