CVE-2015-5310

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-01-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The WNM Sleep Mode code in wpa_supplicant 2.x before 2.6 does not properly ignore key data in response frames when management frame protection (MFP) was not negotiated, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary broadcast or multicast packets or cause a denial of service (ignored packets) via a WNM Sleep Mode response.

Affected products

Android: 4.4.4, 5.0, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-01-01.html
http://w1.fi/security/2015-6/wpa_supplicant-unauthorized-wnm-sleep-mode-gtk-control.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77541
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034592
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2808-1
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-01-01.html
http://w1.fi/security/2015-6/wpa_supplicant-unauthorized-wnm-sleep-mode-gtk-control.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77541

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