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CVE-2020-3596

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-3596 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted SIP packets, leading to memory exhaustion and device crashes. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a low-complexity attack that requires no user interaction and can be executed over the network, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is there publicly available exploit code in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= x12.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:expressway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= x12.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_video_communication_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0123 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-expressway-vcs-dos-n6xxTMZB
Vendor Advisory