What is CVE-2020-3500?

CVE-2020-3500 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-08-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-3500?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software

CVE-2020-3500

A vulnerability in the IPv6 implementation of Cisco StarOS could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of incoming…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (52.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

20200805 Cisco StarOS IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-3500?: CVE-2020-3500 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-08-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-3500?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.