CVE-2020-3119

HIGH

Cisco NX-OS 7.0(3)f2-9.3(2) - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Cisco Discovery Protocol Parser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol implementation for Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a reload on an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the Cisco Discovery Protocol parser does not properly validate input for certain fields in a Cisco Discovery Protocol message. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to an affected device. An successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a stack overflow, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges on an affected device. Cisco Discovery Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent).

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0791
EPSS Percentile 92.1%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/nx-os 7.0\(3\)f2 - 9.3\(2\)
cisco/ucs_manager < 3.2\(3m\)
Published Feb 05, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026