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CVE-2015-4142

Date: June 15, 2015

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (20)

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172655.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.html

Url: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213258

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/09/5

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4142

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171401.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4142

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032625

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1090.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4142

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/34

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-4142

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2650-1

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172608.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1439.html

Url: http://w1.fi/security/2015-3/integer-underflow-in-ap-mode-wmm-action-frame.txt

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/6

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-4142

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2015-4142

Date: June 15, 2015

Language: C

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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