CVE-2014-7997 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the DHCP implementation of Cisco IOS on Aironet access points. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers on the same network segment to trigger a full device restart by exploiting improper handling of short DHCP leases and failed renewal attempts. While the CVSS score is 6.1 (medium severity) with high impact on availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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