CVE-2020-3497

HIGH

Cisco IOS XE - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Malformed CAPWAP Packet

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol processing of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition of an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient validation of CAPWAP packets. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a malformed CAPWAP packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to crash and reload, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected device.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.4%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/ios_xe 16.12.1
Published Sep 24, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026