Resource exhaustion in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance
CVE-2020-3304
A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input validation of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition. Note: This vulnerability applies to IP Version 4 (IPv4) and IP Version 6 (IPv6) HTTP traffic.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.039 (90.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-w… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-3304?
- CVE-2020-3304 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2020-10-21.
- How severe is CVE-2020-3304?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-3304 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.