CVE-2016-4476

hostapd 0.6.7 through 2.5 and wpa_supplicant 0.6.7 through 2.5 do not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows remote attackers to…

published May 9, 2016

CVSS
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EPSS
3%
Percentile
86.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

hostapd 0.6.7 through 2.5 and wpa_supplicant 0.6.7 through 2.5 do not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a crafted WPS operation.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02858 · 86.6th percentile
Published
2016-05-09T10:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 MAY 10:00Z
    hostapd 0.6.7 through 2.5 and wpa_supplicant 0.6.7 through 2.5 do not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows remote attackers to…
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