CVE-2021-1615
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-23 02:30
Modified
2024-11-07 21:51
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller Software for Catalyst Access Points Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-ewc-dos-g6JruHRTPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software
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