CVE-2020-3517

HIGH

Cisco NX-OS and FXOS - Denial of Service via Malicious Cisco Fabric Services Messages

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Fabric Services component of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause process crashes, which could result in a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The attack vector is configuration dependent and could be remote or adjacent. For more information about the attack vector, see the Details section of this advisory. The vulnerability is due to insufficient error handling when the affected software parses Cisco Fabric Services messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious Cisco Fabric Services messages to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a reload of an affected device, which could result in a DoS condition.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0150
EPSS Percentile 81.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (50)
cisco/firepower_extensible_operating_system 1.1 - 1.1.4.179
cisco/nx-os 6.0\(2\)a3\(1\)
cisco/nx-os 6.0\(2\)a3\(2\)
cisco/nx-os 6.0\(2\)a3\(4\)
cisco/nx-os 6.0\(2\)a4\(1\)
cisco/nx-os 6.0\(2\)a4\(2\)
cisco/nx-os 6.0\(2\)a4\(3\)
cisco/nx-os 6.0\(2\)a4\(4\)
cisco/nx-os 6.0\(2\)a4\(5\)
cisco/nx-os 6.0\(2\)a4\(6\)
... and 40 more
Published Aug 27, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026