CVE-2022-20730: cisco cisco firepower threat defense software

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-20730 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in cisco cisco firepower threat defense software. EPSS estimates a 0.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 03-05-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the Security Intelligence feed feature of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the Security Intelligence DNS feed. This vulnerability is due to incorrect feed update processing. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic through an affected device that should be blocked by the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass device controls and successfully send traffic to devices that are expected to be protected by the affected device.

• CWE-241Improper Handling of Unexpected Data TypeThe product does not handle or incorrectly handles when a particular element is not the expected type, e.g. it expects a digit (0-9) but is provided with a letter (A-Z).