CVE-2022-20766
Cisco ATA 190 Series Analog Telephone Adapter firmware Cisco Discovery Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol functionality of Cisco ATA 190 Series Adaptive Telephone Adapter firmware could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to an out-of-bounds read when processing Cisco Discovery Protocol packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a service restart.Cisco has released firmware updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Cisco ATA 190 Series Analog Telephone Adapter firmware Cisco Discovery Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol functionality of Cisco ATA 190 Series Adaptive Telephone Adapter firmware could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to an out-of-bounds read when processing Cisco Discovery Protocol packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a service restart.Cisco has released firmware updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2022-20766- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-26016
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol functionality of Cisco ATA 190 Series Adaptive Telephone Adapter firmware could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to an out-of-bounds read when processing Cisco Discovery Protocol packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a service restart.Cisco has released firmware updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2022-26016- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7q63-79xq-2jj4
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol functionality of Cisco ATA 190 Series...
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol functionality of Cisco ATA 190 Series Adaptive Telephone Adapter firmware could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to an out-of-bounds read when processing Cisco Discovery Protocol packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a service restart.Cisco has released firmware updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-7q63-79xq-2jj4- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol functionality of Cisco ATA 190 Series Adaptive Telephone Adapter firmware could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to an out-of-bounds read when processing Cisco Discovery Protocol packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a service restart.Cisco has released firmware updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2022-20766- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-20766 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Cisco Ata 190 Firmware, published November 15, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.86%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.