CVE-2015-4142
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
02 Description
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
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
- 4.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.4% 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
- Low. 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
- 2015-06-15 15:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 06:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-05-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- 065cd7c35b78c30dd21f3cc1f8525d86b7cce7103e20011162d6464985d3bc62
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150531 Re: CVE request: vulnerability in wpa_supplicant and hostapdhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/6
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-cfea96144ahttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172608.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1439http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1439.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-6f16b5e39ehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171401.html
- www.securitytracker.com1032625http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032625
- w1.fihttp://w1.fi/security/2015-3/integer-underflow-in-ap-mode-wmm-action-frame.txt
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150509 CVE request: hostapd/wpa_supplicant - Integer underflow in AP mode WMM Action frame processinghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/09/5
- www.debian.orgDSA-3397http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201606-17https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2650-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2650-1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-1521e91178http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172655.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1030http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1090http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1090.html
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213258
- seclists.org20220516 APPLE-SA-2022-05-16-1 iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/34
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wpa Fixed in 2.3-2.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wpa Fixed in 2.3-2.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wpa Fixed in 2.3-2.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- wpa Fixed in 2.1-0ubuntu1.3
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.