CVE-2025-20222
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BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-08-14

Last updated on: 2025-08-15

Assigner: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Description
A vulnerability in the RADIUS proxy feature for the IPsec VPN feature 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 a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper processing of IPv6 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending IPv6 packets over an IPsec VPN connection to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a reload of the device, resulting in a DoS condition.
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Published
2025-08-14
Last Modified
2025-08-15
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2026-05-07
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2025-08-14
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
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cisco secure_firewall_threat_defense *
cisco secure_firewall_adaptive_security_appliance *
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CWE ID Description
CWE-120 The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability exists in the RADIUS proxy feature for the IPsec VPN of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD Software. It is caused by improper processing of IPv6 packets. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted IPv6 packets over an IPsec VPN connection to the affected device, which can trigger the device to reload and cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

The impact of this vulnerability is a denial of service (DoS) condition. An attacker can remotely cause the affected device to reload, disrupting network security services and potentially causing downtime or loss of connectivity for users relying on the IPsec VPN.


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