Vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software

CVE-2024-20342

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the rate filtering feature of the Snort detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured rate limiting filter.  This vulnerabili…

EPSS: 0.001 (17.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-20342?
CVE-2024-20342 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software, classified under CWE-1025. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2024-10-23.
How severe is CVE-2024-20342?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-20342 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.