CVE detail

CVE-2020-3228 — CVE-2020-3228

Published 2020-06-03 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product ios · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

8.6

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0180

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

76.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in Security Group Tag Exchange Protocol (SXP) in Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability exists because crafted SXP packets are mishandled. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specifically crafted SXP packets to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Remediation

Product	Vulnerable range	Fixed version	Advisory
Cisco Cisco IOS 15.3(2)T	—	not specified	advisory ↗

References

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