High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-3162
CVE-2020-3162
Description
A vulnerability in the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) implementation of Cisco IoT Field Network Director could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of incoming CoAP traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed CoAP packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to force the CoAP server to stop, interrupting communication to the IoT endpoints.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:cisco:iot_field_network_director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:iot_field_network_director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <4.6.0
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: n/a
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.