CVE-2016-4477

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-19

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 9, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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