CVE-2021-34740
HIGHCisco Aironet Access Point Software - Denial of Service via WCP 802.11 Frame Handling
Title source: llmDescription
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
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-airo-wpa-pktleak-dos-uSTyGrL
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