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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-6376 · published 2 September 2016

CVE-2016-6376: Cisco wireless lan controller vulnerability

Cisco · Wireless Lan Controller

The Adaptive Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (wIPS) feature on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices before 8.0.140.0, 8.1.x and 8.2.x before 8.2.121.0, and 8.3.x before 8.3.102.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a malformed wIPS packet, aka Bug ID CSCuz40263.

6.5 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 0.93% · top 41.1% CWE-399 · CWE-399
6.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.1
0.93%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
6Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The Adaptive Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (wIPS) feature on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices before 8.0.140.0, 8.1.x and 8.2.x before 8.2.121.0, and 8.3.x before 8.3.102.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a malformed wIPS packet, aka Bug ID CSCuz40263.

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

6 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160831-wlc-2 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92716
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036720
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160831-wlc-2 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92716
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036720

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-6376), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.