The EAP-pwd server and peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

Description

The EAP-pwd server and peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted (1) Commit or (2) Confirm message payload.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• [oss-security] 20150531 Re: CVE request: vulnerability in wpa_supplicant and hostapd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• DSA-3397 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• GLSA-201606-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• USN-2650-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://w1.fi/security/2015-4/eap-pwd-missing-payload-length-validation.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:1030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20150509 Re: CVE request: vulnerability in wpa_supplicant and hostapd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 06:04 UTC.