Out-of-bounds Write Affecting aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng package, versions [,1.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-AIRCRACKNGAIRCRACKNG-2365449
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Jan 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Jan 2020

CVE-2014-8321  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng to version 1.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. Stack-based buffer overflow in the gps_tracker function in airodump-ng.c in Aircrack-ng before 1.2 RC 1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1