CVE-2016-6363

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Published 2016-08-22 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

The rate-limit feature in the 802.11 protocol implementation on Cisco Aironet 1800, 2800, and 3800 devices with software before 8.2.121.0 and 8.3.x before 8.3.102.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted 802.11 frames, aka Bug ID CSCva06192.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

65%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
cisco	aironet_access_point_software	`8.1\(15.14\)`
cisco	aironet_access_point_software	`8.1\(112.3\)`
cisco	aironet_access_point_software	`8.1\(112.4\)`
cisco	aironet_access_point_software	`8.1\(131.0\)`
cisco	aironet_access_point_software	`8.2\(100.0\)`
cisco	aironet_access_point_software	`8.2\(102.43\)`
cisco	aironet_access_point_software	`8.3.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.