What is CVE-2022-20960?

CVE-2022-20960 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Email, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-20960?

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

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Secure Email

CVE-2022-20960

A vulnerability in Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.011 (78.6th 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 Secure Email — versions 11.0.3-238, 11.1.0-069, 11.1.0-131

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-20960?: CVE-2022-20960 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Email, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-20960?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.