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CVE-2020-3508

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-3508 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the IP ARP feature of Cisco IOS XE Software on Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers with a 20-Gbps ESP. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit insufficient error handling by sending a malicious series of ARP messages, causing the device to reload. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.4 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and a high impact on availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
16.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.7\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.7\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
17.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 1,859 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esp20-arp-dos-GvHVggqJ
Vendor Advisory