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CVE-2016-4477
CVE-2016-4477
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
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.
EPSS 0.26% · 15.4th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.26%
15.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | wpa | 1.0-3ubuntu2, 1.0-3ubuntu4, 2.1-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wpa | 2.4-0ubuntu4, 2.4-0ubuntu5, 2.4-0ubuntu6 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wpa | 0 |
Timeline
- May 9, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 6, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 29, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4477 third-party-advisory
- http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/ third-party-advisory
- http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/psk-parameter-config-update.txt third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3455-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4477 third-party-advisory