CVE-2020-3496

Cisco Small Business Smart and Managed Switches Denial of Service Vulnerability

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: August 26, 2020 at 04:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:18 AM UTC
229 products affected across 1 vendorSg300-10pp FirmwareSg300-28mp FirmwareSf300-48pp Firmware

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the IPv6 packet processing engine of Cisco Small Business Smart and Managed Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of incoming IPv6 traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IPv6 packet through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the switch management CLI to stop responding, resulting in a DoS condition. This vulnerability is specific to IPv6 traffic. IPv4 traffic is not affected.

Affected

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

v ≤ 2.5.5.47
cisco-sf200-24 (same device)
v ≤ 2.5.5.47
cisco-sf200-24fp (same device)
v ≤ 2.5.5.47
cisco-sf200-24p (same device)
v ≤ 2.5.5.47
cisco-sf200-48 (same device)
v ≤ 2.5.5.47
cisco-sf200-48p (same device)
v ≤ 2.5.5.47
cisco-sf250-24 (same device)
v ≤ 2.5.5.47
cisco-sf250-24p (same device)
v ≤ 2.5.5.47
cisco-sf250-48 (same device)
v ≤ 2.5.5.47
cisco-sf250-48hp (same device)
v ≤ 2.5.5.47
cisco-sf300-08 (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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