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CVE-2022-20760

HIGH CVSS: 8.6 Published: 2022-05-03 Modified: 2026-08-11

Description

A vulnerability in the DNS inspection handler of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition (DoS) on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper processing of incoming requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted DNS requests at a high rate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to stop responding, resulting in a DoS condition.

Affected Platforms

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance SoftwareCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense

Weakness Type

CWE-400, CWE-400

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