CVE detail

CVE-2020-3181 — CVE-2020-3181

Published 2020-03-04 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product email_security_appliance · Source nvd
MEDIUM
severity
CVSS-derived band
6.5
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0156
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
73.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in the malware detection functionality in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) in Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESAs) could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust resources on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient control over system memory allocation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email through the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause an email attachment that contains malware to be delivered to a user and cause email processing delays.

Remediation

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)>=unspecified<n/anot specifiedadvisory ↗

References

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