CVE-2020-3569

Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion Vulnerabilities

Published Sep 23, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 8.6 High EPSS 3.4% KEV · Listed
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities in the Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to either immediately crash the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) process or make it consume available memory and eventually crash. The memory consumption may negatively impact other processes that are running on the device. These vulnerabilities are due to the incorrect handling of IGMP packets. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending crafted IGMP traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to immediately crash the IGMP process or cause memory exhaustion, resulting in other processes becoming unstable. These processes may include, but are not limited to, interior and exterior routing protocols. Cisco will release software updates that address these vulnerabilities.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics kev

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

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cisco
Published
Updated
Oct 21, 2025, 11:35 PM
Reserved
Dec 12, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Sep 23, 2020, 1:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:18 AM