CVE-2020-3559 json
Cisco Aironet Access Point Authentication Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability
published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-24830
- cvss
- 6.8
- version 3.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.4%
- EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A vulnerability in Cisco Aironet Access Point (AP) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of clients that are trying to connect to the AP. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending authentication requests from multiple clients to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload.
Patch / fix
- cisco business_access_points 10.1.1.0
- cisco wireless_lan_controller 8.10.112.0
- cisco access_points 16.12.4a
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
1.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Affected products
- Cisco Cisco Aironet Access Point Software
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-3559
- NVD CVE-2020-3559
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