Cisco ASA and FTD Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2024-20481 |
|---|---|
| State | RESERVED |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2024-10-24 00:00:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-08 16:08:28 UTC |
| Description | Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) contain a missing release of resource after effective lifetime vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) of the RAVPN service. |
Risk And Classification
EPSS: 0.159530000 probability, percentile 0.965550000 (date 2026-07-22)
CISA KEV: Listed on 2024-10-24; due 2024-11-14; ransomware use Unknown
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
| Vendor | Cisco |
|---|---|
| Product | Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) |
| Name | Cisco ASA and FTD Denial-of-Service Vulnerability |
| Required Action | Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. |
| Notes | https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-bf-dos-vDZhLqrW ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20481 |
There are no known software configurations currently associated with this CVE in NVD or the CVE Program record.
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
| CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog | CISA | www.cisa.gov | kev |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.