Vulnerability · Published May 3, 2022 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2022-20748Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Local Malware Analysis Denial of Service Vulnerability
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in the local malware analysis process of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient error handling in the local malware analysis process of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted file through the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the local malware analysis process to crash, which could result in a DoS condition. Notes: Manual intervention may be required to recover from this situation. Malware cloud lookup and dynamic analysis will not be impacted.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software | n/a |
Weakness: CWE-664 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- 20220427 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Local Malware Analysis Denial of Service Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO