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CVE-2015-1863 json

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…

published 2015-04-28 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-1971

cvss
5.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.2%
EPSS 5.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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 in a management frame when creating or updating P2P entries.

Patch / fix

  • wpa Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.3-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1863

  • wpa Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.1-0ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1863

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 1:2.0-17.el7_1
  • wpa_supplicant RHEL 7 1:2.0-17.ael7b_1

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1090

  • 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-2015-1863 updated cvss 6.8

wpa_supplicant: P2P SSID processing vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) wpa_supplicant 2.0-17.el7_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) wpa_supplicant 2.0-17.el7_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) wpa_supplicant 2.0-17.el7_1, wpa_supplicant 2.0-17.ael7b_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) wpa_supplicant 2.0-17.el7_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1090
  • 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

5.19% 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 5.8 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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