CVE-2020-3298: cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software Out-of-bounds Read

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-3298 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software. EPSS estimates a 1.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 06-05-2020
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 15-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) implementation of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper memory protection mechanisms while processing certain OSPF packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of malformed OSPF packets in a short period of time to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a reload of the affected device, resulting in a DoS condition for client traffic that is traversing the device.

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadThe product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.