CVE-2015-4142

Description

Integer underflow in the WMM Action frame parser in hostapd 0.5.5 through 2.4 and wpa_supplicant 0.7.0 through 2.4, when used for AP mode MLME/SME functionality, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted frame, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213258

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2650-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032625

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/09/5

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397

http://w1.fi/security/2015-3/integer-underflow-in-ap-mode-wmm-action-frame.txt

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/34

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1439.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1090.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172655.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172608.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171401.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3