CVE-2016-9194

MEDIUM

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

A vulnerability in 802.11 Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WME) action frame processing in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of the 802.11 WME packet header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed 802.11 WME frames to a targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the WLC to reload unexpectedly. The fixed versions are 8.0.140.0, 8.2.130.0, and 8.3.111.0. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCva86353.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 39.8%
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
cisco/wireless_lan_controller
cisco/wireless_lan_controller
cisco/wireless_lan_controller
cisco/wireless_lan_controller
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cisco/wireless_lan_controller
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cisco/wireless_lan_controller
cisco/wireless_lan_controller
cisco/wireless_lan_controller
... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Apr 06, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026