CVE-2020-3552
HIGHCisco Aironet Access Points Software - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Ethernet Packet Handling
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the Ethernet packet handling of Cisco Aironet Access Points (APs) Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting as a wired client to the Ethernet interface of an affected device and sending a series of specific packets within a short time frame. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a NULL pointer access that results in a reload of the affected device.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ap-ethport-dos-xtjTt8pY
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-476
Status
published
Products (4)
cisco/access_points
< 16.12.4a
cisco/aironet_access_point_software
8.10\(1.255\)
cisco/business_access_points
10.0 - 10.1.1.0
cisco/wireless_lan_controller
8.6 - 8.10.105.0
Published
Sep 24, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026