Is CVE-2022-20870 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-20870 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-20870?

CVE-2022-20870 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-20870?

CVE-2022-20870 has an EPSS score of 0.84% (53th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2022-20870?

No published fix for CVE-2022-20870 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-20870

HIGH

8.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability in the egress MPLS packet processing function of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 3650, Catalyst 3850, and Catalyst 9000 Family Switches 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 insufficient input validation of IPv4 traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed packet out of an affected MPLS-enabled interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

CWE-130

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.84%probability of exploitation in 30 days

53rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 53% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

tools.cisco.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.