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    CVE-2019-1981

    A vulnerability in the normalization functionality of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software, Cisco FirePOWER Services Software for ASA, and Cisco Firepower Management Center Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass filtering protections. The vulnerability is due to insufficient normalization of a text-based payload. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic that contains specifically obfuscated payloads through an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to bypass filtering and deliver malicious payloads to protected systems that would otherwise be blocked.

    Published:Nov 5, 2019
    Last Modified:Aug 11, 2026
    EPS:Nov 5, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.01042
    CVSS Score:5.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Firepower Services Software For Asa
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Secure Firewall Management Center
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Secure Firewall Threat Defense

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High