CVE-2016-4477

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-19

Description

wpa_supplicant 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) SET_CRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command.

Affected products

Android: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/12
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/12
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1

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