High severity · published May 3, 2022
CVE-2022-20715
A vulnerability in the remote access SSL VPN features of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an…
8.6
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the remote access SSL VPN features of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and 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 improper validation of errors that are logged as a result of client connections that are made using remote access VPN. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to restart, resulting in a DoS condition.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Adaptive Security Appliance Software · Cisco
before 9.8.4.44; 9.9 before 9.12.4.38; 9.13 before 9.14.4; 9.15 before 9.15.1.21; 9.16.0 before 9.16.2.14; 9.17.0 before 9.17.1.7 · source: NVD
SF
Secure Firewall Threat Defense · Cisco
before 6.4.0.15; 6.5.0 before 6.6.5.2; 6.7.0 before 7.0.2; 7.1.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
AS
Adaptive Security Appliance Software
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20715
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-20715
Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-dos-tL4uA4AA
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