High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-3552
CVE-2020-3552
Description
A vulnerability in the Ethernet packet handling of Cisco Aironet Access Points (APs) Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting as a wired client to the Ethernet interface of an affected device and sending a series of specific packets within a short time frame. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a NULL pointer access that results in a reload of the affected device.
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Affected products
6n/a+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: n/a
- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:8.10\(1.255\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=8.6,<8.10.105.0
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:business_access_points:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=10.0,<10.1.1.0
Patches
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