CVE-2025-20134
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Publication date: 2025-08-14

Last updated on: 2025-08-19

Assigner: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Description
A vulnerability in the certificate processing of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper parsing of SSL/TLS certificates. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted DNS packets that match a static Network Address Translation (NAT) rule with DNS inspection enabled through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.
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Published
2025-08-14
Last Modified
2025-08-19
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2026-05-06
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2025-08-14
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
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Affected Vendors & Products
Showing 6 associated CPEs
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cisco secure_firewall_ftd_software *
cisco secure_firewall_asa_software *
cisco secure_firewall_ftd_software 7.0
cisco secure_firewall_asa_software 9.16
cisco secure_firewall_ftd_software 6.7
cisco secure_firewall_asa_software 9.15
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CWE ID Description
CWE-415 The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability exists in the certificate processing of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD software. It occurs due to improper parsing of SSL/TLS certificates, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a specially crafted SSL/TLS certificate to the device. This can cause the device to reload unexpectedly, leading to a denial of service (DoS) condition.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

The vulnerability can impact you by causing the affected Cisco firewall device to reload unexpectedly when exploited. This results in a denial of service (DoS) condition, potentially disrupting network security and availability.


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