CVE-2020-3134

moderate-risk
Published 2020-01-26

A vulnerability in the zip decompression engine of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of zip files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an email message with a crafted zip-compressed attachment. A successful exploit could trigger a restart of the content-scanning process, causing a temporary DoS condition. This vulnerability affects Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco ESA releases earlier than 13.0.

Do I need to act?

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0.58% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal