CVE-2014-3686

medium
Published 2014-10-16 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

wpa_supplicant and hostapd 0.7.2 through 2.2, when running with certain configurations and using wpa_cli or hostapd_cli with action scripts, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted frame.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3686

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2383-1

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debian6.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.3-1
debian debiansidfixed2.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.3-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
w1.fihostapd0.7.2
w1.fihostapd1.0
w1.fihostapd1.1
w1.fihostapd2.0
w1.fihostapd2.1
w1.fihostapd2.2
w1.fiwpa_supplicant0.72
w1.fiwpa_supplicant1.0
w1.fiwpa_supplicant1.1
w1.fiwpa_supplicant2.0
w1.fiwpa_supplicant2.1
w1.fiwpa_supplicant2.2

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.