CVE-2025-20146HIGH 8.6EPSS p38.7%

CVE-2025-20146CVE-2025-20146

Description

A vulnerability in the Layer 3 multicast feature of Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, ASR 9902 Compact High-Performance Routers, and ASR 9903 Compact High-Performance Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a line card to reset, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of malformed IPv4 multicast packets that are received on line cards where the interface has either an IPv4 access control list (ACL) or a QoS policy applied. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted IPv4 multicast packets through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause line card exceptions or a hard reset. Traffic over that line card would be lost while the line card reloads.

Scoring

CVSS 3.18.6 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS0.50% probability of exploitation · percentile 38.7% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2025-03-12
Last modified2025-08-01

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-20

References

  1. https://blog.apnic.net/2024/09/02/crafting-endless-as-paths-in-bgp/
  2. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-multicast-ERMrSvq7

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TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessImproper Input Validationcwe-200%live

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