CVE-2020-3190

MEDIUM

Cisco IOS XR < 6.4.3 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Malicious ICMP Error Messages

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the IPsec packet processor of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition for IPsec sessions to an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of packets by the IPsec packet processor. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious ICMP error messages to an affected device that get punted to the IPsec packet processor. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to deplete IPsec memory, resulting in all future IPsec packets to an affected device being dropped by the device. Manual intervention is required to recover from this situation.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.8
EPSS 0.0096
EPSS Percentile 76.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/ios_xr < 6.4.3
Published Mar 04, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026