CVE-2022-20748

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.30% (70th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

17 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisco_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the local malware analysis process of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient error handling in the local malware analysis process of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted file through the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the local malware analysis process to crash, which could result in a DoS condition. Notes: Manual intervention may be required to recover from this situation. Malware cloud lookup and dynamic analysis will not be impacted.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0.0 when installed on Cisco 3000 Series Industrial Security Appliances (ISA)cisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0.0 when installed on Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Firewallscisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0.0 when installed on Cisco Firepower 1000 Seriescisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0.0 when installed on Cisco Firepower 2100 Seriescisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0.0 when installed on Cisco Firepower 4100 Seriescisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0.0 when installed on Cisco Firepower 9000 Seriescisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0.0 when installed on Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtualcisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0.0.1 when installed on Cisco 3000 Series Industrial Security Appliances (ISA)cisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0.0.1 when installed on Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Firewallscisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0.0.1 when installed on Cisco Firepower 1000 Seriescisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0.0.1 when installed on Cisco Firepower 2100 Seriescisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0.0.1 when installed on Cisco Firepower 4100 Seriescisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0.0.1 when installed on Cisco Firepower 9000 Seriescisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0.0.1 when installed on Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtualcisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-755USprimaryCWE-664USCWE-664US

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

cisco-sa-ftd-amp-local-dos-CUfwRJXTCisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Local Malware Analysis Denial of Service Vulnerability2022-04-27csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the local malware analysis process of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient error handling in the local malware analysis process of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted file through the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the local malware analysis process to crash, which could result in a DoS condition. Notes: Manual intervention may be required to recover from this situation. Malware cloud lookup and dynamic analysis will not be impacted. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is part of the April 2022 release of the Cisco ASA, FTD, and FMC Security Advisory Bundled publication. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see Cisco Event Response: April 2022 Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication ["https://tvce.cisco.com/security/aims/PublicationPreview.aspx?ID=74836&Version=1&Revision=26"].

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cisco_csaf nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-05-03modified 2026-08-11

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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