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CVE-2025-20225

A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) feature of Cisco IOS Software, IOS XE Software, Secure Firewall Adaptive Secu

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  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) feature of Cisco IOS Software, IOS XE Software, Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software, and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a memory leak, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper processing of IKEv2 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted IKEv2 packets to an affected device. In the case of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software, a successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly. In the case of Cisco ASA and FTD Software, a successful exploit could allow the attacker to partially exhaust system memory, causing system instability such as being unable to establish new IKEv2 VPN sessions. A manual reboot of the device is required to recover from this condition.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Cisco IOS

    15.1(2)T, 15.1(1)T4, 15.1(3)T2, 15.1(1)T1, 15.1(2)T0a, 15.1(3)T3, 15.1(1)T3, 15.1(2)T3, 15.1(2)T4, 15.1(1)T2, 15.1(3)T, 15.1(2)T2a, 15.1(3)T1, 15.1(1)T, 15.1(2)T2, 15.1(2)T1, 15.1(2)T5, 15.1(3)T4, 15.1(1)T5, 15.3(1)T, 15.3(2)T, 15.3(1)T1, 15.3(1)T2, 15.3(1)T3, 15.3(1)T4, 15.3(2)T1, 15.3(2)T2, 15.3(2)T3, 15.3(2)T4, 15.0(2)EY, and 390 more

  • Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software

    9.8.1, 9.8.1.5, 9.8.1.7, 9.8.2, 9.8.2.8, 9.8.2.14, 9.8.2.15, 9.8.2.17, 9.8.2.20, 9.8.2.24, 9.8.2.26, 9.8.2.28, 9.8.2.33, 9.8.2.35, 9.8.2.38, 9.8.3.8, 9.8.3.11, 9.8.3.14, 9.8.3.16, 9.8.3.18, 9.8.3.21, 9.8.3, 9.8.3.26, 9.8.3.29, 9.8.4, 9.8.4.3, 9.8.4.7, 9.8.4.8, 9.8.4.10, 9.8.4.12, and 190 more

  • Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software

    3.3.0SG, 3.3.2SG, 3.3.1SG, 3.4.0SG, 3.4.2SG, 3.4.1SG, 3.4.3SG, 3.4.4SG, 3.4.5SG, 3.4.6SG, 3.4.7SG, 3.4.8SG, 3.5.0E, 3.5.1E, 3.5.2E, 3.5.3E, 3.6.0E, 3.6.1E, 3.6.2aE, 3.6.2E, 3.6.3E, 3.6.4E, 3.6.5E, 3.6.6E, 3.6.5aE, 3.6.5bE, 3.6.7E, 3.6.8E, 3.6.7bE, 3.6.9E, and 44 more

  • Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software

    6.2.3, 6.2.3.1, 6.2.3.2, 6.2.3.3, 6.2.3.4, 6.2.3.5, 6.2.3.6, 6.2.3.7, 6.2.3.8, 6.2.3.10, 6.2.3.11, 6.2.3.9, 6.2.3.12, 6.2.3.13, 6.2.3.14, 6.2.3.15, 6.2.3.16, 6.2.3.17, 6.2.3.18, 6.6.0, 6.6.0.1, 6.6.1, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.6.5, 6.6.5.1, 6.6.5.2, 6.6.7, 6.6.7.1, 6.6.7.2, and 64 more

References 1

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com