CVE-2022-20748 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-20748: Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Local Malware Analysis Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
Weakness CWE-664
Published May 3, 2022
Last update November 6, 2024

CVSS base score

5.3/10
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:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 3, 2022 CVE published
November 6, 2024 Record updated