CVE-2020-3563

HIGH

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.3.0-6.3.0.6 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via TCP Packet Flood

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the packet processing functionality of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to inefficient memory management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large number of TCP packets to a specific port on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust system memory, which could cause the device to reload unexpectedly. No manual intervention is needed to recover the device after it has reloaded.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0116
EPSS Percentile 78.8%
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-400
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 6.3.0 - 6.3.0.6
Published Oct 21, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026