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CVE-2020-3545

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-3545 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in Cisco FXOS Software, affecting various Cisco Firepower 4100 and 9300 series devices, as well as the Firepower Extensible Operating System. An authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials can exploit this by providing a crafted file, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow. This could allow for arbitrary code execution with root privileges, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3.1.58CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:firepower_extensible_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.0MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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-fxos-buffer-cSdmfWUt
Vendor Advisory