TI-2017-09056 Aliases CVE-2017-12280 GHSA-vxpc-2h97-6px9

Memory corruption in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller

LOW 38CWE-119Published 2017-11-02 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A vulnerability in the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Discovery Request parsing functionality of Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of fields in CAPWAP Discovery Request packets by the affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted CAPWAP Discovery Request packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb95842.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02585 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	Cisco Wireless LAN Controller	Cisco Wireless LAN Controller	—	No fix listed	CNA

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Vendor— Affected Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	Cisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:wireless_lan_controller:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Cisco

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:wireless_lan_controller:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-12280
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vxpc-2h97-6px9

References

Advisory 1

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-wlc3

TI-2019-11388 Cisco Wireless LAN Controller HTTP Parsing Engine Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2016-01254 Buffer overflow in the redirection functionality in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC)… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2018-00213 Resource management flaw in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.6
TI-2007-01958 The SNMP implementation in the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) before 20070419 uses… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2015-05301 Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices with software 7.6.x, 8.0 before 8.0.121.0… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-00660 Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices 7.4 before 7.4.110.0 distribute Aironet IOS… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0

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Sources

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