CVE-2007-2038

The Network Processing Unit (NPU) in the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) before 3.2.193.5, 4.0.x before 4.0.206.0, and 4.1.x allows remote attackers on a local wireless network to cause a denial of service (loss of packet forwarding) via (1) crafted SNAP packets, (2) malformed 802.11 traffic, or (3) packets with certain header length values, aka Bug ID CSCsg36361.

Published: 2007-04-16 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2038 is rated Moderate Risk (47.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.57%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2038

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.48% 0.57% +0.09%
2 2025-03-29 0.57% 0.48% -0.09%
3 2025-03-17 0.57%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2038

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
6.5 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2038

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2038

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco 2000_wireless_lan_controller cpe:2.3:h:cisco:2000_wireless_lan_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco 2100_wireless_lan_controller cpe:2.3:h:cisco:2100_wireless_lan_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco 4100_wireless_lan_controller cpe:2.3:h:cisco:4100_wireless_lan_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco 4400_wireless_lan_controller cpe:2.3:h:cisco:4400_wireless_lan_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2038

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