CVE-2022-20946

HIGH

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense < 6.3.0.5 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel decapsulation feature 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. This vulnerability is due to a memory handling error that occurs when GRE traffic is processed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted GRE payload through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to restart, resulting in a DoS condition. https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-gre-dos-hmedHQPM ["https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-gre-dos-hmedHQPM"] This advisory is part of the November 2022 release of the Cisco ASA, FTD, and FMC Security Advisory Bundled publication.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0143
EPSS Percentile 80.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-122 CWE-787
Status published
Products (4)
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 7.1.0.0
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 7.1.0.1
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 7.1.0.2
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 6.3.0 - 6.3.0.5
Published Nov 15, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026