CVE-2017-12293

A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient limitations on the number of connections that can be made to the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by opening multiple connections to the server and exhausting server resources. A successful exploit could cause the server to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf41006.

• CWE-119
• CWE-119
• CWE-400

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101492Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039618Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171018-wmsVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101492Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039618Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171018-wmsVendor Advisory

Published

Oct 19, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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