Description
A vulnerability in the DNS inspection handler of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition (DoS) on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper processing of incoming requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted DNS requests at a high rate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to stop responding, resulting in a DoS condition.
Published: 2022-05-03
Score: 8.6 High
EPSS: 1.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-26010 A vulnerability in the DNS inspection handler of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition (DoS) on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper processing of incoming requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted DNS requests at a high rate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to stop responding, resulting in a DoS condition.
History

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Cisco firepower Threat Defense
Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Secure Firewall Threat Defense
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-06T16:20:26.648Z

Reserved: 2021-11-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-20760

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Updated: 2024-08-03T02:24:49.624Z

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Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-03T04:15:09.893

Modified: 2026-08-11T19:37:30.880

Link: CVE-2022-20760

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