CVE-2016-4477
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.13%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-4477
To remediate CVE-2016-4477, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/wpa_supplicant—upgrade to 2.5-r3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.3-2.4 or later
Is CVE-2016-4477 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.5-r3
- from 0, < 2.3-2.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |