CVE-2022-20748 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Local Malware Analysis Denial of Service Vulnerability
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by sending crafted files to Cisco Firepower Threat Defense devices, crashing the malware analysis process.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-20748?
CVE-2022-20748 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense, published on 3 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20748?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense.
How do I fix CVE-2022-20748?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20748 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-20748 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20748 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-w2qp-8fj2-5g53.