CVE-2015-4144
hostapd: EAP-pwd missing payload length validation
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · May 4, 2015
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
The EAP-pwd server and peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 does not validate that a message is long enough to contain the Total-Length field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message.
Statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of wpa_supplicant as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.9AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-191 · Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)