CVE-2016-4477
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4477
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4477.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4477
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-05-09T10:59:42.987Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-12T22:21:40.455842Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
wpasupplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary library loading and consequently gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (daemon outage), via a crafted (1) SET, (2) SETCRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command.
- References
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
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{
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},
{
"last_affected": "5.0.2"
}
]
},
{
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},
{
"last_affected": "5.1.1"
}
]
},
{
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}
]
},
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},
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}
]
}
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4477.json"