CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-4477

Published: May 09, 2016 | Modified: Oct 23, 2017
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject n and r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary library loading and consequently gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (daemon outage), via a crafted (1) SET, (2) SET_CRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Android Google 5.0.2 5.0.2
Android Google 6.0.1 6.0.1
Android Google 6.0 6.0
Android Google 4.4.4 4.4.4
Android Google 5.1.1 5.1.1

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