CVE-2016-4477
N/A
Published: May 9, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:47 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAndroid
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/12Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-19
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