CVE-2020-3409

HIGH

Cisco IOS Software/Cisco IOS XE Software - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the PROFINET feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected device to crash and reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on the device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient processing logic for crafted PROFINET packets that are sent to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted PROFINET packets to an affected device for processing. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to crash and reload, resulting in a DoS condition on the device.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.4%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400 CWE-20
Status published
Products (4)
cisco/ios 15.2\(7\)e
cisco/ios 16.11.1a
cisco/ios_xe 15.2\(7\)e
cisco/ios_xe 16.11.1a
Published Sep 24, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026