Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), read memory, or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted SSID information in a management frame when creating or updating P2P entries.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- adjacent network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- CANONICAL
- Published
- 4/28/2015
- Last Modified
- 4/12/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
canonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantredhat : enterprise_linux_desktopredhat : enterprise_linux_hpc_noderedhat : enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eusredhat : enterprise_linux_serverredhat : enterprise_linux_server_eusredhat : enterprise_linux_workstationdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxopensuse : opensuseopensuse : opensuse
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