CVE-2016-4476

high

Published 2016-05-09 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

hostapd 0.6.7 through 2.5 and wpa_supplicant 0.6.7 through 2.5 do not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a crafted WPS operation.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
arch		fixed	`2.6-1`
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	16.04	affected
ubuntu	17.04	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.3-2.4`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.3-2.4`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.3-2.4`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.3-2.4`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.3-2.4`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
w1.fi	hostapd	`{"startIncluding":"0.6.7","endIncluding":"2.5"}`
w1.fi	wpa_supplicant	`{"startIncluding":"0.6.7","endIncluding":"2.5"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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