CVE-2016-6376

high-risk
Published 2016-09-02

The Adaptive Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (wIPS) feature on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices before 8.0.140.0, 8.1.x and 8.2.x before 8.2.121.0, and 8.3.x before 8.3.102.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a malformed wIPS packet, aka Bug ID CSCuz40263.

Do I need to act?

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0.30% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
ADJACENT_NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller
Wireless Lan Controller

Affected Vendors

52
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 21/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 30/34 · Critical