CVE-2015-5316 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting wpa_supplicant versions 2.x before 2.6, specifically when EAP-pwd is enabled. A remote attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and crash the daemon by sending a crafted EAP-pwd Confirm message followed by an Identity exchange. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium) due to its high attack complexity, but it can lead to a complete loss of availability for affected systems. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.0, < 2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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