Description
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol implementation for Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a reload on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of string input from certain fields in Cisco Discovery Protocol messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a stack overflow, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges on an affected device. Cisco Discovery Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent).
Published: 2020-02-05
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: Yes
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-24389 A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol implementation for Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a reload on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of string input from certain fields in Cisco Discovery Protocol messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a stack overflow, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges on an affected device. Cisco Discovery Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent).
History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0000


Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000


Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000


Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Cisco Asr 9000 Asr 9000v Asr 9001 Asr 9006 Asr 9010 Asr 9901 Asr 9903 Asr 9904 Asr 9906 Asr 9910 Asr 9912 Asr 9920 Asr 9922 Crs-x Ios Xr Ncs 540-12z20g-sys-a Ncs 540-12z20g-sys-d Ncs 540-24z8q2c-sys Ncs 540-28z4c-sys-a Ncs 540-28z4c-sys-d Ncs 540-acc-sys Ncs 540l Ncs 540x-12z16g-sys-a Ncs 540x-12z16g-sys-d Ncs 540x-16z4g8q2c-a Ncs 540x-16z4g8q2c-d Ncs 540x-acc-sys Ncs 5501 Ncs 5501-se Ncs 5502 Ncs 5502-se Ncs 5508 Ncs 5516 Ncs 560 Ncs 6000 Ncs 6008 Xrv 9000
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:52.708Z

Reserved: 2019-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-3118

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T07:24:00.571Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-02-05T18:15:10.907

Modified: 2025-10-28T13:57:54.817

Link: CVE-2020-3118

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