CVE-2020-24586

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    CVE-2020-24586

    Published: 11 May 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The 802.11 standard that underpins Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3) and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) doesn't require that received fragments be cleared from memory after (re)connecting to a network. Under the right circumstances, when another device sends fragmented frames encrypted using WEP, CCMP, or GCMP, this can be abused to inject arbitrary network packets and/or exfiltrate user data.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00002.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/12, https://github.com/vanhoefm/fragattacks/blob/master/SUMMARY.md, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html, https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-wifi-faf-22epcEWu, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html, https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/12602-security-advisory-63, https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00473.html, https://www.fragattacks.com

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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