CVE-2022-20946 Memory corruption in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a denial of service on Cisco Firepower Threat Defense devices by sending crafted GRE traffic.
- 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-2022-20946?
CVE-2022-20946 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense, published on 10 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel decapsulation feature of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a memory handling error that occurs when GRE traffic is processed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted GRE payload through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to restart, resulting in a DoS condition. https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-gre-dos-hmedHQPM ["https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-gre-dos-hmedHQPM"] This advisory is part of the November 2022 release of the Cisco ASA, FTD, and FMC Security Advisory Bundled publication.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20946?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense.
How do I fix CVE-2022-20946?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20946 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-20946 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20946 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-g6x8-jxpj-jmgj.