CVE-2018-0249 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Aironet 1800 Series Access Points and other Aironet models running on Qualcomm Atheros hardware. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this by sending malformed 802.11 Association Requests, preventing new clients from connecting to the AP. The CVSS score is 4.3 (Medium), indicating a low impact on availability with an adjacent attack vector and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.2\(161.0\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:8.2\(161.0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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