7.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2022-20760

Published: 03/05/2022 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 695
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

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 malicious user 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 malicious user to cause the device to stop responding, resulting in a DoS condition.

Vulnerability Trend

Vulnerable Product Search on Vulmon Subscribe to Product

cisco firepower threat defense 7.1.0

cisco firepower threat defense

cisco adaptive security appliance software

Vendor Advisories

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 c ...