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    CVE-2022-20748

    A vulnerability in the local malware analysis process of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient error handling in the local malware analysis process of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted file through the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the local malware analysis process to crash, which could result in a DoS condition. Notes: Manual intervention may be required to recover from this situation. Malware cloud lookup and dynamic analysis will not be impacted.

    Published:May 3, 2022
    Last Modified:Aug 11, 2026
    EPS:May 3, 2022
    EPSS Score:0.01241
    CVSS Score:5.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Secure Firewall Threat Defense

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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