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CVE-2020-3221

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-3221 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Flexible NetFlow Version 9 packet processor of Cisco IOS XE Software for Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending a malformed NetFlow packet to the CAPWAP data port, leading to an infinite loop and device reload. With a CVSS score of 8.6 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
16.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.10.1aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.10.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.10.1bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.10.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.10.1eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.10.1e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.10.1sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.10.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0151 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-fnfv9-dos-HND6Fc9u
PatchVendor Advisory