CVE-2018-0442 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software's CAPWAP protocol component. It allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to retrieve memory contents due to insufficient condition checks in CAPWAP keepalive request handling. A successful exploit could lead to the disclosure of confidential information. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 53/100.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.2.170.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.3, < 8.3.140.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.4, < 8.5.110.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.6, < 8.6.101.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.7, < 8.7.102.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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