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CVE-2018-0252

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0252 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco 3500, 5500, and 8500 Series Wireless LAN Controller Software. The flaw, stemming from improper handling of IPv4 fragments, allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a device reload by sending specially crafted malformed packets. With a CVSSv3 score of 8.6 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.4\(100.0\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:8.4\(100.0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.5\(107.30\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:8.5\(107.30\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.5\(107.41\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:8.5\(107.41\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.6\(1.108\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:8.6\(1.108\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0248 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180502-wlc-ip
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1040822
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry