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CVE-2016-4476

HIGH
7.5CVSS
Published: 2016-05-09
Updated: 2025-04-12
AI Analysis

Description

hostapd 0.6.7 through 2.5 and wpa_supplicant 0.6.7 through 2.5 do not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a crafted WPS operation.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Metadata

Primary Vendor
W1.FI
Published
5/9/2016
Last Modified
4/12/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

w1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : wpa_supplicantcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linux

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