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CVE-2015-1863
Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), read memory, or…
- 5.8MediumCVSS base score
- 5.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), read memory, or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted SSID information in a management frame when creating or updating P2P entries.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- http://w1.fi/security/2015-1/wpa_supplicant-p2p-ssid-overflow.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3233 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20150423 [ALICLOUDSEC-VUL2015-001]Android wpa_supplicant WLAN Direct remote buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- USN-2577-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0813 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20150424 [ALICLOUDSEC-VUL2015-001]Android wpa_supplicant WLAN Direct remote buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 74296 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://security.alibaba.com/blog/blog.htm?spm=0.0.0.0.p1ECc3&id=19 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131598/Android-wpa_supplicant-Heap-Overflow.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201606-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1032192 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1090 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-1971 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2015-1863)Record last updated .