CVE-2020-3415

HIGH

Cisco NX-OS - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution or Denial of Service via Cisco Discovery Protocol Packet

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the Data Management Engine (DME) of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to a Layer 2-adjacent affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges or cause the Cisco Discovery Protocol process to crash and restart multiple times, causing the affected device to reload and resulting in a DoS condition. Note: 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). Exploitation of this vulnerability also requires jumbo frames to be enabled on the interface that receives the crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packets on the affected device.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 43.8%
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-787
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/nx-os
cisco/nx-os 4.0 - 4.0\(4h\)
Published Aug 27, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026