CVE-2015-4142 describes an integer underflow vulnerability in the WMM Action frame parser of hostapd and wpa_supplicant, affecting versions 0.5.5 through 2.4 and 0.7.0 through 2.4 respectively, when operating in AP mode. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) through a crafted frame, leading to an out-of-bounds read. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and can be exploited without authentication, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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