# CVE-2020-3385: Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Routers Denial of Service Vulnerability

> An unauthenticated adjacent attacker can cause a denial of service on Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Routers by sending crafted packets to the DPI engine.

- **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2020
- **Updated:** 15 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5975-gjm3-px87

## What is CVE-2020-3385?

CVE-2020-3385 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco SD-WAN vEdge router, published on 16 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the deep packet inspection (DPI) engine of Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Routers could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient handling of malformed packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packets through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reboot, resulting in a DoS condition.

Weakness: CWE-371

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3385?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cisco Sd-Wan Firmware, Cisco Vedge Cloud Router.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-3385?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3385 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-3385 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco SD-WAN vEdge router

- [CVE-2020-3381](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3381/): Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software Directory Traversal Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-3115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3115/): Cisco SD-WAN Solution Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-1626](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1626/): Cisco SD-WAN Solution Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-3351](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3351/): Cisco SD-WAN Solution Software Denial of Service Vulnerability (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2020-3369](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3369/): Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Routers Denial of Service Vulnerability (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-3385 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-3385 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco SD-WAN vEdge router, published on 16 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco SD-WAN vEdge router. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3385/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3385/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3385
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3385
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-3385

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3385/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.