Description
The WPS UPnP function in hostapd, when using WPS AP, and wpa_supplicant, when using WPS external registrar (ER), 0.7.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a negative chunk length, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or heap-based buffer overflow.
Published: 2015-06-15
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3397-1 wpa security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-4165 The WPS UPnP function in hostapd, when using WPS AP, and wpa_supplicant, when using WPS external registrar (ER), 0.7.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a negative chunk length, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or heap-based buffer overflow.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2650-1 wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerabilities
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W1.fi Hostapd Wpa Supplicant
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:03.193Z

Reserved: 2015-05-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4141

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-06-15T15:59:05.367

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-4141

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-05-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-4141 - Bugzilla

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