High severity · published Feb 5, 2020
CVE-2020-3118
Cisco IOS XR Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Format String Vulnerability
In wildKEV
8.8
CVSS
11.7%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol implementation for Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a reload on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of string input from certain fields in Cisco Discovery Protocol messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a stack overflow, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges on an affected device. Cisco Discovery Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)11.7% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Nov 3, 2021
Federal remediation dueMay 3, 2022
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CI
Cisco IOS XR Software · Cisco
before 6.6.3 · source: vendor
IX
Ios XR · Cisco
6.6.0 before 6.6.12; 7.0.0 before 7.0.2; 6.5.3; 5.2.5; 6.4.2; 6.6.25; +1 more · source: NVD, KEV
Affected product
CI
Cisco IOS XR Software
Cisco
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