8.6highHigh
CVE-2022-20760
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
A vulnerability in the DNS inspection handler of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition (DoS) on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper processing of incoming requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted DNS requests at a high rate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to stop responding, resulting in a DoS condition.
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
- 2022-05-03
- Last modified
- 2026-08-11
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense- 6.4.0.15, 6.5.0 - 6.6.5.2, 7.0.0 - 7.0.2, 7.1.0
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software- 9.12.4.38, 9.13.0 - 9.14.4, 9.15.0 - 9.15.1.21, 9.16.0 - 9.16.2.14, 9.17.0 - 9.17.1.7
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.