DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4477

DEBIAN-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.

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:13	wpa	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	wpa	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	wpa	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	wpa	0, 0, 0

Timeline

May 9, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4477 advisory

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