Out-of-Bounds Affecting wpa_supplicant package, versions [0,2.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.53% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WPASUPPLICANT-2364101
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Apr 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-1863  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wpa_supplicant to version 2.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. 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.

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