Double Free in Cisco Catalyst 9800
CVE-2021-34769
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.
Vulnerability class: Double Free
EPSS: 0.014 (71.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-34769?
- CVE-2021-34769 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst 9800, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2021-09-23.
- How severe is CVE-2021-34769?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.