CVE-2020-3118

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2022-05-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

11.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 95.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-02-05 17:40Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:35Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-12-12

Assigning CNA

cisco

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1fa4912e9ac5a20d2dad270949ac19c82ea203ebfcec0e8e96a61926c92689b1

• tools.cisco.com20200205 Cisco IOS XR Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Format String Vulnerabilityhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200205-iosxr-cdp-rcevendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156203/Cisco-Discovery-Protocol-CDP-Remote-Device-Takeover.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-3118government-resource