CVE-2023-20006

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: August 11, 2026 at 07:33 PM UTC
6 products affected across 1 vendorAdaptive Security ApplianceSecure Firewall Threat DefenseFirepower 2140

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

A vulnerability in the hardware-based SSL/TLS cryptography functionality of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software for Cisco Firepower 2100 Series Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to an implementation error within the cryptographic functions for SSL/TLS traffic processing when they are offloaded to the hardware. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted stream of SSL/TLS traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause an unexpected error in the hardware-based cryptography engine, which could cause the device to reload.

Affected

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

cisco-firepower-2110 (environment) · cisco-firepower-2120 (environment) · cisco-firepower-2130 (environment) · cisco-firepower-2140 (environment)
cisco-firepower-2110 (environment) · cisco-firepower-2120 (environment) · cisco-firepower-2130 (environment) · cisco-firepower-2140 (environment)
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All versions
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Remediation

No guide yet

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

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-681

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