CVE-2015-4142

wpa_supplicant 0.7.0-2.4 - Denial of Service via WMM Action Frame Integer Underflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Integer underflow in the WMM Action frame parser in hostapd 0.5.5 through 2.4 and wpa_supplicant 0.7.0 through 2.4, when used for AP mode MLME/SME functionality, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted frame, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

References (15)

Core 15
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/6
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172608.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1439.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171401.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032625
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/09/5
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2650-1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172655.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1090.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213258
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/34

Scores

EPSS 0.0707
EPSS Percentile 91.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (28)
opensuse/opensuse 13.1
opensuse/opensuse 13.2
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_hpc_node 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
w1.fi/hostapd 0.7.0
w1.fi/hostapd 0.7.1
w1.fi/hostapd 0.7.2
w1.fi/hostapd 0.7.3
... and 18 more
Published Jun 15, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026