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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2016-4477

Deferred

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-09 May, 2016 | 10:59

Updated At-12 Apr, 2025 | 10:46

wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary library loading and consequently gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (daemon outage), via a crafted (1) SET, (2) SET_CRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.0	7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary	2.0	4.4	MEDIUM	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CPE Matches

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-19	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html	cve@mitre.org	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/12	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/12	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A

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