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CVE-2020-3304

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input validation of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition. Note: This vulnerability applies to IP Version 4 (IPv4) and IP Version 6 (IPv6) HTTP traffic.

Exploitation status

  • A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.

What the metrics mean

  • It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
  • To exploit it, no account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

Scoring

CVSS
8.6 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400
Assigned by
psirt@cisco.com

Dates

Published
2020-10-21
Last modified
2026-08-11
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance- 9.6.4.45
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense- 6.3.0.6, 6.4.0 - 6.4.0.10, 6.5.0 - 6.5.0.5, 6.6.0 - 6.6.1
  • Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software9.8.0 - 9.8.4.22, 9.9.0 - 9.9.2.80, 9.10.0 - 9.10.1.44, 9.12.0 - 9.12.3.12, 9.13.0 - 9.13.1.12, 9.14.0 - 9.14.1.10

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

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