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CVE-2015-4142 json

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 M…

published 2015-06-15 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-4166

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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 denial of service (crash) via a crafted frame, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Patch / fix

  • wpa Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.3-2.2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-4142

  • wpa Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.1-0ubuntu1.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4142

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 6 1:0.7.3-6.el6
  • wpa_supplicant RHEL 7 1:2.0-17.el7_1
  • wpa_supplicant RHEL 7 1:2.0-17.ael7b_1

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1439RHSA-2015:1090

  • wpa_supplicant SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 +3 more 2.9-4.20.1
  • wpa_supplicant SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 2.2-14.2
  • wpa_supplicant SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP4 +4 more 0.7.1-6.17.4

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3380-1SUSE-SU-2016:2305-1SUSE-SU-2015:2221-1

  • hostapd openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.6-1.1
  • wpa_supplicant openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.6-1.1
  • wpa_supplicant openSUSE Leap 15.2 2.9-lp152.8.3.1
  • wpa_supplicant openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.9-lp151.5.10.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10022-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10499-1openSUSE-SU-2020:2059-1openSUSE-SU-2020:2053-1

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-2015-4142 updated cvss 2.9

hostapd: integer underflow in AP mode WMM Action frame processing

  • 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
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1090
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) wpa_supplicant 0.7.3-6.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) wpa_supplicant 0.7.3-6.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) wpa_supplicant 0.7.3-6.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1439
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) wpa_supplicant 2.0-17.el7_1, wpa_supplicant 2.0-17.ael7b_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1090
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) wpa_supplicant 0.7.3-6.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1439
  • 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
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

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

References

Sources

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