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
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131598/Android-wpa_supplicant-Heap-Overflow.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1090.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/82Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://security.alibaba.com/blog/blog.htm?spm=0.0.0.0.p1ECc3&id=19
- http://w1.fi/security/2015-1/wpa_supplicant-p2p-ssid-overflow.txtThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3233Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535353/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74296
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032192Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2577-1Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131598/Android-wpa_supplicant-Heap-Overflow.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1090.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/82Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://security.alibaba.com/blog/blog.htm?spm=0.0.0.0.p1ECc3&id=19
- http://w1.fi/security/2015-1/wpa_supplicant-p2p-ssid-overflow.txtThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3233Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535353/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74296
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032192Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2577-1Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.