#VU114108 Infinite loop in Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2025-20217

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#VU114108 Infinite loop in Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2025-20217

Published: August 15, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU114108
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20217
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in the packet inspection functionality of the Snort 3 Detection Engine. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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