Vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller
CVE-2016-9194
A vulnerability in 802.11 Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WME) action frame processing in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of the 802.11 WME packet header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed 802.11 WME frames to a targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the WLC to reload unexpectedly. The fixed versions are 8.0.140.0, 8.2.130.0, and 8.3.111.0. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCva86353.
EPSS: 0.008 (52.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Cisco Wireless_lan_controller — versions 5.2.157.0, 5.2.169.0, 6.0_base
- Cisco Wireless_lan_controller_6.0 — versions 182.0, 188.0, 196.0
- Cisco Wireless_lan_controller_7.0 — versions 98.0, 98.218, 116.0
- Cisco Wireless_lan_controller_7.1 — versions 91.0
- Cisco Wireless_lan_controller_7.2 — versions 103.0
- Cisco Wireless_lan_controller_7.4 — versions 1.19, 1.54, 140.0
- N/a Cisco Wireless Lan Controller — versions Cisco Wireless LAN Controller
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- psirt@cisco.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9194?
- CVE-2016-9194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-06.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9194?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.