8.6

CVE-2020-3559: cisco access_points Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 8.6v3.1HighModified
Published 24-09-2020Last modified 13-11-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-3559 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in cisco access_points. EPSS estimates a 1.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.6/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 24-09-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Aironet Access Point (AP) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of clients that are trying to connect to the AP. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending authentication requests from multiple clients to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.40% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cisco5 products

1 vendor · 5 products

References

1 links