CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-12279

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2017-11-02 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-11-02
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.3 LOW — AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

A vulnerability in the packet processing code of Cisco IOS Software for Cisco Aironet Access Points could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to retrieve content from memory on an affected device, which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information. The vulnerability is due to insufficient condition checks that are performed by the affected device when the device adds padding to egress packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IP packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve content from memory on the affected device, which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc21581.

Affected configurations

• cisco aironet ap firmware

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References