CVE-2022-20919

HIGH

Cisco Ios XE - Improper Exception Handling

Title source: rule

Description

A vulnerability in the processing of malformed Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) packets that are sent to Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to unexpectedly reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation during processing of CIP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed CIP packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to unexpectedly reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0090
EPSS Percentile 75.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-755 CWE-248
Status published

Affected Products (1)

cisco/ios_xe

Timeline

Published Sep 30, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026