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
Published Sep 2, 2016
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.93%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.0_base
- 3.1.59.24
- 3.1.105.0
- 3.1.111.0
- 3.2.78.0
- 3.2.116.21
- 3.2.150.6
- 3.2.150.10
- 3.2.171.5
- 3.2.171.6
- 3.2.185.0
- 3.2.193.5
- 3.2.195.10
- 3.6.0e
- 4.0.108
- 4.0.155.0
- 4.0.155.5
- 4.0.179.8
- 4.0.179.11
- 4.0.196
- 4.0.206.0
- 4.0.217.0
- 4.0.219.0
- 4.1.171.0
- 4.1.181.0
- 4.1.185.0
- 4.1_base
- 4.2.61.0
- 4.2.99.0
- 4.2.112.0
- 4.2.117.0
- 4.2.130.0
- 4.2.173.0
- 4.2.174.0
- 4.2.176.0
- 4.2.182.0
- 4.2_base
- 5.0.148.0
- 5.0.148.2
- 5.1.151.0
- 5.1.152.0
- 5.1.160.0
- 5.2.157.0
- 5.2.169.0
- 6.0_base
- 7.0_base
- 7.1_base
- 7.2_base
- 7.3.101.0
- 7.3.103.8
- 7.3.112
- 7.3_base
- 7.4.1.1
- 7.4.100
- 7.4.100.60
- 7.4.110.0
- 7.4.121.0
- 7.4_base
- 7.5.102.0
- 7.5.102.11
- 7.5_base
- 7.6.1.62
- 7.6.100.0
- 7.6.110.0
- 7.6.120.0
- 7.6.130.0
- 8.0.0
- 8.0.0.30220.385
- 8.0.72.140
- 8.0.100
- 8.0.115.0
- 8.0.120.0
- 8.0.121.0
- 8.1.0
- 8.1.104.37
- 8.1.111.0
- 8.1.122.0
- 8.1.130.0
- 182.0
- 188.0
- 196.0
- 199.4
- 202.0
- 98.0
- 98.218
- 116.0
- 220.0
- 240.0
- 250.0
- 252.0
- 91.0
- 103.0
- 1.19
- 1.54
- 140.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.93% (0.00927) | 59.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.94% (0.00935) | 55.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.70% (0.00697) | 70.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00446) | 75.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00446) | 74.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00446) | 71.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (3)
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160831-wlc-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92716 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036720 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160831-wlc-2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92716 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036720 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
Change history (0)
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