CVE-2021-1373

HIGH

Cisco IOS XE Wireless Controller Software - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via CAPWAP Packet Processing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol processing of Cisco IOS XE Wireless Controller Software for the Cisco Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of CAPWAP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability 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.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 40.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-126
Status published
Products (25)
cisco/ios_xe 16.10.1
cisco/ios_xe 16.10.1e
cisco/ios_xe 16.10.1s
cisco/ios_xe 16.11.1
cisco/ios_xe 16.11.1a
cisco/ios_xe 16.11.1b
cisco/ios_xe 16.11.1c
cisco/ios_xe 16.11.2
cisco/ios_xe 16.12.1
cisco/ios_xe 16.12.1s
... and 15 more
Published Mar 24, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026