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Unscored USN-2577-1 1 CVE

wpa vulnerability

Published Apr 23, 2015 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that wpa_supplicant incorrectly handled SSID information
when creating or updating P2P peer entries. A remote attacker could use
this issue to cause wpa_supplicant to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, expose memory contents, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS wpa 2.1-0ubuntu1.2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —

    Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cras…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1863