Description
A vulnerability in the Snort 3 Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Decompression Engine of multiple Cisco products could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
This vulnerability is due to improper range checking when Snort 3 decompresses VBA data, which is user controlled. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted VBA data to the Snort 3 Detection Engine of a targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause an overflow of stack data, which could result in a DoS condition.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Open Source Snort3 | 3.12.2.0, 3.1.2.0, 3.1.3.0, 3.1.4.0, 3.1.5.0, 3.1.6.0, 3.1.7.0, 3.1.8.0, 3.1.9.0, 3.1.10.0, 3.1.12.0, 3.1.13.0, 3.1.14.0, 3.1.15.0, 3.1.16.0, 3.1.17.0, 3.1.18.0, 3.1.19.0, 3.1.20.0, 3.1.21.0, 3.1.22.0, 3.1.23.0, 3.1.24.0, 3.1.25.0, 3.1.27.0, 3.1.28.0, 3.1.29.0, 3.1.30.0, 3.1.31.0, 3.1.32.0, 3.1.36.… | — |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software | 7.2.0, 7.2.0.1, 7.2.1, 7.3.0, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.3.1, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.4.1, 7.3.1.1, 7.4.0, 7.2.5.1, 7.4.1, 7.2.6, 7.4.1.1, 7.2.7, 7.2.5.2, 7.3.1.2, 7.2.8, 7.6.0, 7.4.2, 7.2.8.1, 7.4.2.1, 7.2.9, 7.7.0, 7.4.2.2, 7.2.10, 7.6.1, 7.4.2.3, 7.6.2, 7.7.10, 7.7.11, 7.6.2.1, 7.7.10.1, 7.4.2.4, 7.2.10.2, 7.4.3… | — |
| Cisco | Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software | 17.12.1a, 17.12.2, 17.13.1a, 17.12.3, 17.14.1a, 17.12.4, 17.12.3a, 17.15.1a, 17.16.1a, 17.12.4a, 17.15.2c, 17.12.4b, 17.15.2a, 17.12.5, 17.17.1, 17.12.5a, 17.15.3a, 17.15.3, 17.12.5b, 17.12.5c, 17.15.4, 17.18.1, 17.18.1a, 17.12.6, 17.15.4c, 17.12.5d, 17.18.2, 26.1.1, 17.15.5, 17.15.5a, 17.12.7, 17.… | — |
Advisories 2
- NCSC-2026-0450 Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Snort 3 van Cisco NCSC-NL (Netherlands) · Oct 22, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-4104 Cisco Produkte (IOS XE, SFTD) und Snort: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 21, 2026