CVE-2021-27803
A vulnerability was discovered in how p2p/p2p_pd.c in wpa_supplicant before 2.10 processes P2P (Wi-Fi Direct) provision discovery requests. It could result in denial of service or other impact
02 Description
A vulnerability was discovered in how p2p/p2p_pd.c in wpa_supplicant before 2.10 processes P2P (Wi-Fi Direct) provision discovery requests. It could result in denial of service or other impact
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 1.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 68.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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
- 2021-02-26 22:11Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-12-18 14:57Z10 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-02-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- fcc0caca0190fa0702bd2d0e8d39720082ec7199096b806b32aa498dbc6c1a3a
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/25/3
- w1.fihttps://w1.fi/security/2021-1/wpa_supplicant-p2p-provision-discovery-processing-vulnerability.txt
- w1.fihttps://w1.fi/security/2021-1/0001-P2P-Fix-a-corner-case-in-peer-addition-based-on-PD-R.patch
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210227 Re: wpa_supplicant P2P provision discovery processing vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/27/1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-3430f96019https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KOGP2VIVVXXQ6CZ2HU4DKGPDB4WR24XF/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210302 [SECURITY] [DLA 2581-1] wpa security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00003.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-99cad2b81fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IZGUR5XFHATVXTRAEJMODS7ROYHA56NX/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-9b00febe54https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SEHS2CFGH3KCSNPHBHNGN5SGV6QPMLZ4/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4898https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4898
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- wpa_supplicant Fixed in 2:2.10-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- wpa Fixed in 2:2.9.0-21
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wpa Fixed in 2:2.9.0-21
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wpa Fixed in 2:2.9.0-21
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- wpa Fixed in 2.4-0ubuntu6.8
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- wpa Fixed in 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.8
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- wpa Fixed in 2:2.9-1ubuntu4.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- wpa Fixed in 2.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm4Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
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.