CVE-2016-1362

CVE-2016-1362 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco AireOS on Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices, specifically versions 4.1 through 7.4.120.0, 7.5.x, and 7.6.100.0. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted HTTP request, leading to a device reload and service disruption. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community and media attention.