CVE-2021-1565
HIGHCisco Ios XE - Double Free
Title source: ruleDescription
Multiple vulnerabilities in the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol processing of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient validation of CAPWAP packets. An attacker could exploit the 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.
Scores
CVSS v3
8.6
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
52.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-415
Status
published
Affected Products (9)
cisco/ios_xe
cisco/ios_xe
cisco/ios_xe
cisco/ios_xe
cisco/ios_xe
cisco/ios_xe
cisco/embedded_wireless_controller
cisco/catalyst_9800_firmware
cisco/catalyst_9800_firmware
Timeline
Published
Sep 23, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026