CVE-2016-9194

Summary

CVECVE-2016-9194
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-06 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-399 | CWE-399 CWE-399


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.1AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 5.2.157.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 5.2.169.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 6.0_base All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.0_base All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.1_base All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.2_base All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.3.101.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.3.103.8 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.3.112 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.3_base All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.4.1.1 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.4.100 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.4.100.60 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.4.110.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.4.121.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.4_base All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.5.102.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.5.102.11 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.5_base All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.6.1.62 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.6.100.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.6.110.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.6.120.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.6.130.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 8.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 8.0.0.30220.385 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 8.0.100 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 8.0.115.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 8.0.120.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 8.0.121.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 8.0.72.140 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 8.1.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 8.1.104.37 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 8.1.111.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 8.1.122.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 8.1.130.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 6.0 182.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 6.0 188.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 6.0 196.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 6.0 199.4 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 6.0 202.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.0 116.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.0 220.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.0 240.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.0 250.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.0 252.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.0 98.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.0 98.218 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.1 91.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.2 103.0 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.4 1.19 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.4 1.54 All All All
Application Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.4 140.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Cisco Wireless LAN Controller affected Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller CVE-2016-9194 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller WME Packet Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users on the Wireless Network Cause the Target System to Reload - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller 802.11 WME Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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