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CVE-2022-20767

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-20767 is a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Snort rule evaluation function of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software, specifically affecting devices running Snort 3. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending crafted UDP packets, leading to a buildup of UDP connections and causing legitimate traffic to be dropped. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, resulting in a complete loss of availability for affected systems. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.6HIGH

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0161 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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)

ciscoworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-FTD-snort3-DOS-Aq38LVdM
MitigationVendor Advisory