Vulnerability record

CVE-2022-20703

Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Severity: HighExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 Series Routers, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Mar 17, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities 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 Cause denial of service (DoS) For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorSource
Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 Series RoutersCiscoKEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2022-20703 scored CVSS 8.0: Cisco Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 Series Routers, Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 Series Routers systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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Coverage

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References

  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20703
  • tools.cisco.com https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-smb-mult-vuln-KA9PK6D
  • zerodayinitiative.com https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-408/
  • zerodayinitiative.com https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-413/
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-20703