What is CVE-2020-3572?

CVE-2020-3572 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-2020-3572?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance

CVE-2020-3572

A vulnerability in the SSL/TLS session handler 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) conditi…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.017 (74.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-3572?: CVE-2020-3572 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-2020-3572?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.