CVE-2020-3529
highCVSS v3 Base Score
8.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
1.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 23% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: October 21, 2020 (2146 days ago)
Last Modified: August 11, 2026
Vendor: Cisco
Source: NVD
Vulnerability Report
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Description
A vulnerability in the SSL VPN negotiation process for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to inefficient direct memory access (DMA) memory management during the negotiation phase of an SSL VPN connection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a steady stream of crafted Datagram TLS (DTLS) traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust DMA memory on the device and cause a DoS condition.
CWE
CWE-400Affected Products
cisco adaptive security appliancecisco secure firewall threat defensecisco adaptive security appliance software