CVE-2021-1565
HIGHCisco IOS XE - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via CAPWAP Packet Processing
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ewlc-capwap-dos-gmNjdKOY
Scores
CVSS v3
8.6
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
53.0%
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
total
Details
CWE
CWE-415
Status
published
Products (9)
cisco/catalyst_9800_firmware
17.3
cisco/catalyst_9800_firmware
17.5.1
cisco/embedded_wireless_controller
cisco/ios_xe
3.15.1xbs
cisco/ios_xe
3.15.2xbs
cisco/ios_xe
17.3.1
cisco/ios_xe
17.3.2
cisco/ios_xe
17.4.1
cisco/ios_xe
17.5.1
Published
Sep 23, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026