CVE-2015-1863
Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), read memory, or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted SSID information
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), read memory, or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted SSID information
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
- 5.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.2% 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
- Important. 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
- 2015-04-28 14:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-02-17
- 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
- d3b18a18be9282e900c38bebaf3a85d2a5a4ebbd5a27f97ea755ddcc77a3c977
05 Affected products
06 References
- w1.fihttp://w1.fi/security/2015-1/wpa_supplicant-p2p-ssid-overflow.txt
- www.debian.orgDSA-3233http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3233
- www.securityfocus.com20150423 [ALICLOUDSEC-VUL2015-001]Android wpa_supplicant WLAN Direct remote buffer overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535353/100/0/threaded
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2577-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2577-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0813http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00000.html
- seclists.org20150424 [ALICLOUDSEC-VUL2015-001]Android wpa_supplicant WLAN Direct remote buffer overflowhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/82
- www.securityfocus.com74296http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74296
- security.alibaba.comhttp://security.alibaba.com/blog/blog.htm?spm=0.0.0.0.p1ECc3&id=19
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131598/Android-wpa_supplicant-Heap-Overflow.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201606-17https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17
- www.securitytracker.com1032192http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032192
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1090http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1090.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wpa Fixed in 2.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wpa Fixed in 2.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wpa Fixed in 2.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- wpa Fixed in 2.1-0ubuntu1.2
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.