What is CVE-2020-3554?

CVE-2020-3554 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-3554?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance

CVE-2020-3554

A vulnerability in the TCP packet processing of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.027 (84.1th 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

Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance
Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance_software
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (Asa) Software — versions n/a
Cisco Firepower_threat_defense — versions 6.6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-3554?: CVE-2020-3554 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-3554?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.