CVE-2017-12275 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) affecting their 802.11v BSS Transition Management functionality. It stems from insufficient input validation of BSS Transition Management Response packets. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.4 (High), indicating it can be exploited by an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker with low complexity to cause an unexpected device reload and thus a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one article from SecurityWeek mentioning the patch.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.