CVE-2025-20359
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 HTTP Decoder that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the disclosure of possible sensitive data or cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to crash. This vulnerability is due to an error in the logic of buffer handling when the MIME fields of the HTTP header are parsed. This can result in a buffer under-read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP packets through an established connection that is parsed by Snort 3. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to induce one of two possible outcomes: the unexpected restarting of the Snort 3 Detection Engine, which could cause a denial of service (DoS) condition, or information disclosure of sensitive information in the Snort 3 data stream. Due to the under-read condition, it is possible that sensitive information that is not valid connection data could be returned.
EPSS 0.16% · 36.6th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Cyber Vision | 4.1.3, 3.2.1, 3.0.5 |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software | 7.6.1, 7.4.2.3, 7.4.2.4 |
| Cisco | Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software | 17.3.6, 16.6.6, 17.12.3 |
Exploit Intelligence
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2025-20359 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2025-20359 (circl-sighting)
- cisco-sa-snort3-mime-vulns-tTL8PgVH (circl)
Timeline
- Oct 10, 2024 CVE ID Reserved
- Oct 15, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Oct 15, 2025 CVE Published
- Oct 16, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 17, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Oct 22, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2025 PoC Published
- Oct 28, 2025 EPSS Score
- Nov 3, 2025 EPSS Score
- Nov 9, 2025 EPSS Score
- Nov 10, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Nov 15, 2025 EPSS Score