VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-3554

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.69%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-10-21
Last modified2026-08-11
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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 on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a memory exhaustion condition. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of crafted TCP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust device resources, resulting in a DoS condition for traffic transiting the affected device.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references