CVE-2016-4477

wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary library loading…

published May 9, 2016

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary library loading and consequently gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (daemon outage), via a crafted (1) SET, (2) SET_CRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00255 · 16.1th percentile
Published
2016-05-09T10:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 MAY 10:00Z
    wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary library loading…
    cvelistv5