CVE-2017-12273

MEDIUM

Cisco Aironet 1560/2800/3800 Series DoS via Malformed 802.11 Association Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in 802.11 association request frame processing for the Cisco Aironet 1560, 2800, and 3800 Series Access Points could allow an unauthenticated, Layer 2 radio frequency (RF) adjacent attacker to cause the Access Point (AP) to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient frame validation of the 802.11 association request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed 802.11 association request to the targeted device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the AP to reload, resulting in a DoS condition while the AP is reloading. This vulnerability affects the following Cisco products running either the Lightweight AP Software or Mobility Express image: Aironet 1560 Series Access Points, Aironet 2800 Series Access Points, Aironet 3800 Series Access Points. Note: The Cisco Aironet 1560 Series Access Point device is supported as of release 8.3.112.0. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve12189.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101655
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039714

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0087
EPSS Percentile 54.4%
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
Status published
Products (4)
cisco/aironet_1562_firmware
cisco/aironet_2800_firmware
cisco/aironet_3800_firmware
n/a/Cisco Aironet 1560, 2800, and 3800 Series Access Point Platforms Cisco Aironet 1560, 2800, and 3800 Series Access Point Platforms
Published Nov 02, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026