CVE-2020-3132

Cisco Email Security Appliance Shortened URL Denial of Service Vulnerability

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: February 19, 2020 at 07:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:17 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEmail Security ApplianceCloud Email Security

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the email message scanning feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a temporary denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to inadequate parsing mechanisms for specific email body components. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious email containing a high number of shortened URLs through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to consume processing resources, causing a DoS condition on an affected device. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, certain conditions beyond the control of the attacker must occur.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 12.5.1-037v < 13.0.0-375
Affected range stops below 12.5.1-037, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.0.0-375, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 12.5.1-037v < 13.0.0-375
Affected range stops below 12.5.1-037, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.0.0-375, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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