CVE-2022-20751
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-05-03 03:15
Modified
2024-11-06 16:20
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Snort Out of Memory Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-snort-dos-hd2hFgMVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
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