CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-20748

5.3 MEDIUM Published 2022-05-03 Modified 2026-08-11 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-05-03
Last modified
2026-08-11
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-664, CWE-755

Description

A vulnerability in the local malware analysis process of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient error handling in the local malware analysis process of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted file through the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the local malware analysis process to crash, which could result in a DoS condition. Notes: Manual intervention may be required to recover from this situation. Malware cloud lookup and dynamic analysis will not be impacted.

Affected configurations

• cisco secure firewall threat defense 7.0.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-664 Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime weakness
  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions weakness

References