CVE-2022-20685 HIGH

CVE-2022-20685: Multiple Cisco Products Snort Modbus Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Cyber Vision
Weakness CWE-190
Published November 15, 2024
Last update January 27, 2025

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the Modbus preprocessor of the Snort detection engine could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to an integer overflow while processing Modbus traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted Modbus traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Snort process to hang, causing traffic inspection to stop.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 15, 2024 CVE published
January 27, 2025 Record updated