A vulnerability in the packet processing code of Cisco IOS Software for Cisco Aironet Access Points could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to retrieve content from memory on an affected device, which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information. The vulnerability is due to insufficient condition checks that are performed by the affected device when the device adds padding to egress packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IP packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve content from memory on the affected device, which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc21581.
Published 2017-11-02 16:29:01
Updated 2019-10-09 23:22:50
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Vulnerability category: Information leak

Products affected by CVE-2017-12279

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-12279

0.12%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 27 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2017-12279

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
3.3
LOW AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
6.5
2.9
NIST
4.3
MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
2.8
1.4
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2017-12279

References for CVE-2017-12279

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