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CVE-2014-3686 json

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…

published 2014-10-16 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3632

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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 crafted frame.

Patch / fix

  • wpa Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3686

  • wpa Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.1-0ubuntu1.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3686

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • wpa_supplicant RHEL 7 1:2.0-13.el7_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1956

  • wpa_supplicant SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 2.2-8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:1013-1

  • hostapd openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.6-1.1
  • wpa_supplicant openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.6-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10022-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10499-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3686 updated cvss 5.4

hostapd: wpa_cli and hostapd_cli remote command execution issue

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) wpa_supplicant 2.0-13.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) wpa_supplicant 2.0-13.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) wpa_supplicant 2.0-13.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) wpa_supplicant 2.0-13.el7_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1956
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 wpa_supplicant Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wpa_supplicant
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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