CVE-2016-9194 A vulnerability in 802.11 Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WME) action frame processing in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software could

Medium 6.5 Published 6 Apr 2017 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2016-9194?

CVE-2016-9194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller, published on 6 Apr 2017.

Official description

A 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.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9194?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Cisco Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 6.0, Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.0, Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.1, Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.2, Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.4.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9194?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9194 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-9194 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9194 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-42rw-vphv-r65g.