Vulnerability · Published Mar 4, 2020 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2020-3181Cisco Email Security Appliance Uncontrolled Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) | unspecified – before n/a |
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
References
- 20200304 Cisco Email Security Appliance Uncontrolled Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO