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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-1863

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…

MEDIUM 5.8EPSS 5.19%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 2.0
5.8 MEDIUMAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
5.19% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
canonical/ubuntu linux · w1.fi/wpa supplicant · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux hpc node · redhat/enterprise linux hpc node eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · debian/debian linux · opensuse/opensuse
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.