{"id":"CVE-2016-6376","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6376","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:05:32.671Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2016-09-02T00:59:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:50:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-399"],"affected":["cisco/wireless lan controller","cisco/wireless lan controller 6.0","cisco/wireless lan controller 7.0","cisco/wireless lan controller 7.1","cisco/wireless lan controller 7.2","cisco/wireless lan controller 7.4"],"epss":{"score":0.00927,"percentile":0.6024,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.93%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160831-wlc-2","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92716","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036720","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160831-wlc-2","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92716","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036720","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6376","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}