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CVE-2022-20757
HIGH · CVSS 8.6
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-05-03T04:15:09.763 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:25:01.527

Summary

A vulnerability in the connection handling function in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper traffic handling when platform limits are reached. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of UDP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause all new, incoming connections to be dropped, resulting in a DoS condition.

Affected products

cisco — firepower_threat_defense

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