Resource exhaustion in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
CVE-2022-20757
A vulnerability in the connection handling function in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper traffic handling when platform limits are reached. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of UDP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause all new, incoming connections to be dropped, resulting in a DoS condition.
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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: 0.012 (68.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
- Cisco Firepower Threat Defense — versions 7.1.0
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense — versions 7.1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-dos-… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-20757?
- CVE-2022-20757 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2022-05-03.
- How severe is CVE-2022-20757?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.