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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2020-3303 json

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software IKEv1 Denial of Service Vulnerability

published 2020-05-06 6 y ago modified 2026-08-11 2 mo ago also EUVD-2020-24574

cvss
6.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) feature 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. The vulnerability is due to improper management of system memory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious IKEv1 traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition on the affected device.

Patch / fix

  • cisco adaptive_security_appliance 9.6.4.36
  • cisco secure_firewall_threat_defense 6.3.0.5, 6.4.0.6
  • cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.8.4.10, 9.10.1.30, 9.12.2.9

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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