CVE-2010-2836
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—
Severity7.8High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.76 %higher than 78% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
Memory leak in the SSL VPN feature in Cisco IOS 12.4, 15.0, and 15.1, when HTTP port redirection is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by improperly disconnecting SSL sessions, leading to connections that remain in the CLOSE-WAIT state, aka Bug ID CSCtg21685.
CVSS
- Base score
- 7.8
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 1.76 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 78
- Score date
- 10/21/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-399
References
Raw JSON (NVD)
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