CVE-2020-3259Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Information Disclosure Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to retrieve memory contents on an affected device, which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information. The vulnerability is due to a buffer tracking issue when the software parses invalid URLs that are requested from the web services interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted GET request to the web services interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve memory contents, which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information. Note: This vulnerability affects only specific AnyConnect and WebVPN configurations. For more information, see the Vulnerable Products section.
Overview
Severity
| Score | Severity | Version | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | HIGH | 3.1NVD | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| 7.5 | HIGH | 3.0cisco (CNA) | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| 5.0 | MEDIUM | 2.0NVD | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
CISA required action
⚡ Known exploited · remediation due Mar 7, 2024
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2020-3259
- Status
- Analyzed
- Assigner (CNA)
- cisco
- Published
- May 6, 2020
- Last modified
- 2026-08-12 05:17 UTC
- Weaknesses
Affected Products
As published by the CNA in the CVE record.
CiscoCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software0 version ranges
No version detail published.