CVE-2020-3217

HIGH

Cisco IOS - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution or Denial of Service via Cisco Discovery Protocol Message Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the Topology Discovery Service of Cisco One Platform Kit (onePK) in Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, Cisco IOS XR Software, and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient length restrictions when the onePK Topology Discovery Service parses Cisco Discovery Protocol messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol message to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a stack overflow, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges, or to cause a process crash, which could result in a reload of the device and cause a DoS condition.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 47.8%
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-20
Status published
Products (50)
cisco/ios 12.2\(6\)i1
cisco/ios 12.4\(25e\)jao7
cisco/ios 15.0\(2\)sg11a
cisco/ios 15.1\(3\)svr1
cisco/ios 15.2\(1\)sy
cisco/ios 15.2\(1\)sy0a
cisco/ios 15.2\(1\)sy1
cisco/ios 15.2\(1\)sy1a
cisco/ios 15.2\(1\)sy2
cisco/ios 15.2\(1\)sy3
... and 40 more
Published Jun 03, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026