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Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Jun 3, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-3214

CVE-2020-3214

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate their privileges to a user with root-level privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied content. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to load malicious software onto an affected device.

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Affected products

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  • Cisco Systems, Inc./IOS and IOS XE Softwarellm-fuzzy
  • Cisco Systems, Inc./iOS Xe13 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.11.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.11.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.11.1c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.11.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.12.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.12.1c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.12.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.12.1t:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.12.1w:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.12.1x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Cisco Systems, Inc./IOS XE Software for Cisco Merakicpe-rescue
    Range: n/a

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