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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2020-3305 json

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

published 2020-05-06 6 y ago modified 2026-08-11 2 mo ago also EUVD-2020-24576

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 implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) module in 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 incorrect processing of certain BGP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted BGP packet. 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-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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