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Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

CVE-2022-20924

Severity High
Score 7.7/10

Summary

A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SNMP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-703 - Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

The software does not properly anticipate or handle exceptional conditions that rarely occur during normal operation of the software.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published