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CVE-2020-3235

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-3235 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the SNMP subsystem of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software on Catalyst 4500 Series Switches, also affecting Oracle products. It allows an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a device reload by sending a crafted SNMP packet due to insufficient input validation. With a CVSS score of 7.7 (HIGH), this vulnerability requires prior authentication (SNMP community string or user credentials) and has a low attack complexity, potentially leading to a complete service disruption. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.2\(52\)sgCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2\(52\)sg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2\(53\)sg1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2\(53\)sg1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2\(53\)sg2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2\(53\)sg2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2\(53\)sg3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2\(53\)sg3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2\(53\)sg4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2\(53\)sg4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.7HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0157 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-snmp-dos-USxSyTk5
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
PatchThird Party Advisory