CVE-2020-3273

HIGH

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the 802.11 Generic Advertisement Service (GAS) frame processing function of Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of the 802.11 GAS frames that are processed by an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted 802.11 GAS frame over the air to an access point (AP), and that frame would then be relayed to the affected WLC. Also, an attacker with Layer 3 connectivity to the WLC could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious 802.11 GAS payload in a Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) packet to the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0064
EPSS Percentile 70.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (4)
cisco/5508_wireless_controller_firmware 8.5\(151.0\)
cisco/5508_wireless_controller_firmware 8.10\(204.92\)
cisco/5520_wireless_controller_firmware 8.5\(151.0\)
cisco/5520_wireless_controller_firmware 8.10\(204.92\)
Published Apr 15, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026