CVE-2007-0962: Cisco PIX 500 and ASA 5500 Series Security Appliances 7.0 before 7.0(4.14) and 7.1 before 7.1(2.1), and the...

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This issue can cause older Cisco firewall appliances to reboot when HTTP inspection is enabled and they receive malformed HTTP traffic. A reboot can interrupt network access and security enforcement. It is availability-focused rather than data theft, but on perimeter firewalls an outage can be business-disruptive. Exposure is limited to legacy Cisco PIX, ASA 5500, or FWSM deployments running the listed vulnerable software and using inspect http. Internet-facing or high-traffic firewall paths raise operational risk. Treat as a legacy infrastructure availability risk. It is not marked as known exploited, but affected perimeter firewalls could reboot under malformed traffic, causing outages. Prioritize discovery and remediation where these devices still support critical traffic. Mitigation focus: Identify any remaining PIX 500, ASA 5500, or FWSM systems.; Upgrade to Cisco fixed versions or later per vendor advisories.; Review whether inspect http is required on affected traffic paths..

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Jun 29, 2026, 07:22 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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