CVE-2019-15264 HIGH

CVE-2019-15264: Cisco Aironet Access Points and Catalyst 9100 Access Points CAPWAP Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Aironet Access Point Software
Weakness CWE-400
Published October 16, 2019
Last update November 21, 2024

CVSS base score

7.4/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol implementation of Cisco Aironet and Catalyst 9100 Access Points (APs) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected device to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper resource management during CAPWAP message processing. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high volume of legitimate wireless management frames within a short time to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a device to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition for clients associated with the AP.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 16, 2019 CVE published
November 21, 2024 Record updated