CVE-2020-3557
MEDIUMCisco Secure Firewall Management Center < 6.6.1 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Host Input API Daemon
Title source: llmDescription
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
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-dos-3WymYWKh
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