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TI-2020-03098 Aliases CVE-2020-3554GHSA-wjh7-w5fx-rq52

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Denial of Service Vulnerability

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

A vulnerability in the TCP packet processing 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. The vulnerability is due to a memory exhaustion condition. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of crafted TCP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust device resources, resulting in a DoS condition for traffic transiting the affected device.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0269 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
CiscoCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Softwareall versions—No fix listedCNA
  • Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 9.12.4.3VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 6.2.2; 6.3.0 to before 6.4.0.10; 6.5.0 to before 6.5.0.5VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.6.0VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.13.0 to before 9.13.1.13; 9.14.0 to before 9.14.1.30VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 9.12.4.3 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.2.2; 6.3.0 to before 6.4.0.10; 6.5.0 to before 6.5.0.5 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.6.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.13.0 to before 9.13.1.13; 9.14.0 to before 9.14.1.30 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-3554
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wjh7-w5fx-rq52

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2020-02861 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2021-17312 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software SSL/TLS Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2020-03115 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2020-03075 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2020-02985 Unrestricted file upload in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2021-17313 Stack-based buffer overflow in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
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Sources

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