CVE-2015-8041

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8041
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-09 16:59:10 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in the NDEF record parser in hostapd before 2.5 and wpa_supplicant before 2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash or infinite loop) via a large payload length field value in an (1) WPS or (2) P2P NFC NDEF record, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd All All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
w1.fi/cgit/hostap/plain/wpa_supplicant/ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 w1.fi
openSUSE-SU-2015:1920-1: moderate: Security update for wpa_supplicant af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3397-1 wpa af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: hostapd/wpa_supplicant - Incomplete WPS and P2P NFC NDEF record payload length validation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
w1.fi/security/2015-5/incomplete-wps-and-p2p-nfc-ndef-record-payloa... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 w1.fi
wpa_supplicant and hostapd Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:1912-1: moderate: Security update for wpa_supplicant af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
w1.fi/cgit/hostap/plain/hostapd/ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 w1.fi
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 750549 OpenSUSE Security Update for wpa_supplicant (openSUSE-SU-2020:2059-1)
  • 750557 OpenSUSE Security Update for wpa_supplicant (openSUSE-SU-2020:2053-1)
  • 752179 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2022:1853-1)
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