CVE-2015-1863
N/A
Published: April 28, 2015 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM UTC
10 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), read memory, or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted SSID information in a management frame when creating or updating P2P entries.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00000.htmlx_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131598/Android-wpa_supplicant-Heap-Overflow.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1090.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/82x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://security.alibaba.com/blog/blog.htm?spm=0.0.0.0.p1ECc3&id=19x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://w1.fi/security/2015-1/wpa_supplicant-p2p-ssid-overflow.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3233Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535353/100/0/threadedQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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