CVE-2022-20699 — Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Exploitation status

CVE-2022-20699 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added 2022-03-03. A vulnerability in Cisco Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 Series Routers could allow an attacker to do any of the following: Execute arbitrary code elevate privileges, execute arbitrary commands, bypass authentication and authorization protections, fetch and run unsigned software, or cause a denial of service (DoS).

Advisory facts

Vendor or project

Cisco

Affected product

Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 Series Routers

Added to CISA KEV

2022-03-03

US federal remediation due date

2022-03-17

Ransomware association

Unknown

EPSS score

—

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-785

Remediation: the required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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