Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Denial of Service Vulnerability
Published Oct 21, 2020
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.67%
Description
A vulnerability in the TCP packet processing 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 on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a memory exhaustion condition. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of crafted TCP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust device resources, resulting in a DoS condition for traffic transiting the affected device.
Affected products
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software | n/a |
|
- < 9.12.4.3
- ≤ 6.2.2
- ≥ 6.3.0 · < 6.4.0.10
- ≥ 6.5.0 · < 6.5.0.5
- 6.6.0
- ≥ 9.13.0 · < 9.13.1.13
- ≥ 9.14.0 · < 9.14.1.30
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
YesTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Nov 13, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.67% (0.02665) | 85.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.63% (0.02633) | 83.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 3.18% (0.03181) | 86.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 8, 2025 | 1.70% (0.01703) | 81.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00159) | 52.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.16% (0.00159) | 51.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00137) | 47.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.50% (0.04499) | 74.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.86% (0.02857) | 63.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.86% (0.02857) | 63.25th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.65% (0.00651) | 45.91th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.65% (0.00651) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (1)
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-dos-QFcNEPfx vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-dos-QFcNEPfx | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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