CVE-2020-3557

MEDIUM

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center < 6.6.1 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Host Input API Daemon

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the host input API daemon of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper certificate validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted data stream to the host input daemon of the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the host input daemon to restart. The attacker could use repeated attacks to cause the daemon to continuously reload, creating a DoS condition for the API.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 41.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-295
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center < 6.6.1
Published Oct 21, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026