Double Free in Cisco Asa 5505

CVE-2020-3179

A vulnerability in the generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel decapsulation feature 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 a memory handling error when GRE over IPv6 traffic is processed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted GRE over IPv6 packets with either IPv4 or IPv6 payload through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to crash, resulting in a DoS condition.

Vulnerability class: Double Free

EPSS: 0.019 (78.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-3179?
CVE-2020-3179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asa 5505, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-3179?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.