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CVE-2015-4145
The EAP-pwd server and peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 does not validate a fragment is already being…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.4%
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- mitre
Description
The EAP-pwd server and peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 does not validate a fragment is already being processed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted message.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- 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
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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