01 Record
CVE-2016-6363
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 65.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-08-22 10:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-07-26
- Assigning CNA
- cisco
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9ac3e388796715e5d721e5a95a1be37e6e6b8a62bc324f9e54f2e1c83d89f761
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1036645http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036645
- tools.cisco.com20160817 Cisco Aironet 1800, 2800, and 3800 Series Access Point Platforms 802.11 Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilityhttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160817-aap2
- www.securityfocus.com92511http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92511