CVE-2014-3686
wpa_supplicant and hostapd 0.7.2 through 2.2, when running with certain configurations and using wpa_cli or hostapd_cli with action scripts, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a
02 Description
wpa_supplicant and hostapd 0.7.2 through 2.2, when running with certain configurations and using wpa_cli or hostapd_cli with action scripts, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-10-16 00:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-05-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 30834dff5f6a4a307a2a54ea433519dac907a6447de8680a8a8ba91a0dc14b75
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com60366http://secunia.com/advisories/60366
- www.debian.orgDSA-3052http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3052
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:1314http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00028.html
- secunia.com60428http://secunia.com/advisories/60428
- w1.fihttp://w1.fi/security/2014-1/
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0429.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:120http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:120
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141009 wpa_cli and hostapd_cli action script execution vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/09/28
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1956http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1956.html
- secunia.com61271http://secunia.com/advisories/61271
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:1313http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00027.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201606-17https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:1356http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00000.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151259
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2383-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2383-1
- www.securityfocus.com70396http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70396
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wpa Fixed in 2.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wpa Fixed in 2.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wpa Fixed in 2.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- wpa Fixed in 2.1-0ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.