CVE-2016-6376

MEDIUM

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller <8.3.102.0 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The Adaptive Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (wIPS) feature on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices before 8.0.140.0, 8.1.x and 8.2.x before 8.2.121.0, and 8.3.x before 8.3.102.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a malformed wIPS packet, aka Bug ID CSCuz40263.

References (3)

[Vendor Advisory] http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160831-wlc-2

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036720

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92716

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0030

EPSS Percentile 53.3%

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-399

Status published

Affected Products (50)

cisco/wireless_lan_controller

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Sep 02, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026