CVE-2015-1863 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant versions 1.0 through 2.4, impacting various Linux distributions like Canonical, Debian, openSUSE, and Red Hat. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, read memory, or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending crafted SSID information in management frames during P2P entry creation or updates. With a CVSS score of 5.8, it has an adjacent attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, though it has received limited community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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