High severity8.6NVD Advisory· Published May 3, 2022· Updated Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2022-20760
CVE-2022-20760
Description
A vulnerability in the DNS inspection handler of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition (DoS) on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper processing of incoming requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted DNS requests at a high rate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to stop responding, resulting in a DoS condition.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <6.4.0.15
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <9.12.4.38
- Range: n/a
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