CVE-2021-34740

HIGH

Cisco Aironet Access Point Software - Denial of Service via WCP 802.11 Frame Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the WLAN Control Protocol (WCP) implementation for Cisco Aironet Access Point (AP) software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to incorrect error handling when an affected device receives an unexpected 802.11 frame. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending certain 802.11 frames over the wireless network to an interface on an affected AP. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a packet buffer leak. This could eventually result in buffer allocation failures, which would trigger a reload of the affected device.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.3%
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-401
Status published
Products (3)
cisco/aironet_access_point_software 17.2
cisco/aironet_access_point_software 17.3
cisco/aironet_access_point_software 8.10.0 - 8.10.162.0
Published Sep 23, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026