CVE-2025-20146

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.11.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.9.21affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.10.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.1.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.11.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.2.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.1.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.3.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.2.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.11.21affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.3.2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References