Description
Integer underflow in the WMM Action frame parser in hostapd 0.5.5 through 2.4 and wpa_supplicant 0.7.0 through 2.4, when used for AP mode MLME/SME functionality, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted frame, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- medium
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- W1.FI
- Published
- 6/15/2015
- Last Modified
- 4/12/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
w1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.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_serverredhat : enterprise_linux_workstationw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdopensuse : opensuseopensuse : opensuse
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