CVE-2015-1863

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    CVE-2015-1863

    Published: 28 Apr 2015Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00000.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131598/Android-wpa_supplicant-Heap-Overflow.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1090.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/82, http://w1.fi/security/2015-1/wpa_supplicant-p2p-ssid-overflow.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3233, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032192, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2577-1, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17, http://security.alibaba.com/blog/blog.htm?spm=0.0.0.0.p1ECc3&id=19, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535353/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74296

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High