CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-3563

HighCVSS 8.6
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.42%

70th percentile - higher than 70% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in the packet processing functionality of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS). The issue is due to inefficient memory management. Exploitation involves sending a large number of TCP packets to a specific port.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation could exhaust system memory, causing unexpected device reload and service disruption.

Recommendation

Apply software updates and implement connection rate limiting to mitigate risk.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in the packet processing functionality of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to inefficient memory management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large number of TCP packets to a specific port on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust system memory, which could cause the device to reload unexpectedly. No manual intervention is needed to recover the device after it has reloaded.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS