CVE-2017-12222

MEDIUM

Cisco IOS XE 16.1-16.3.3 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Crafted Association Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the wireless controller manager of Cisco IOS XE could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a restart of the switch and result in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted association request. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the switch to restart. This vulnerability affects Cisco Catalyst 3650 and 3850 switches running IOS XE Software versions 16.1 through 16.3.3, and acting as wireless LAN controllers (WLC). Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd45069.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039458
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101035

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0075
EPSS Percentile 50.4%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20 CWE-399
Status published
Products (14)
cisco/ios_xe 16.1.1
cisco/ios_xe 16.1.2
cisco/ios_xe 16.1.3
cisco/ios_xe 16.1.3a
cisco/ios_xe 16.1.4
cisco/ios_xe 16.2.1
cisco/ios_xe 16.2.2
cisco/ios_xe 16.2.2a
cisco/ios_xe 16.2.3
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.1
... and 4 more
Published Sep 29, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026