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CVE-2015-4142 (GCVE-0-2015-4142)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-06-15 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:04
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213258 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/34 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
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2015-05-04 00:00
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    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Low",
      "current_release_date": "2026-06-27T09:06:36+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2015-4142",
      "id": "CVE-2015-4142",
      "initial_release_date": "2015-05-04T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "41",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "hostapd: integer underflow in AP mode WMM Action frame processing",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2015/cve-2015-4142.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-09-15T02:41:37Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2015-4142",
      "id": "CVE-2015-4142",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:18:18Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "10",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "17",
      "product_status:recommended": "107",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2015-4142",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2015-4142.json",
      "version": "25"
    }
  }
}



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