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CVE-2015-8041 (GCVE-0-2015-8041)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-09 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:06

Summary

Multiple integer overflows in the NDEF record parser in hostapd before 2.5 and wpa_supplicant before 2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash or infinite loop) via a large payload length field value in an (1) WPS or (2) P2P NFC NDEF record, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2316 records in the last 180 days details

References

8 references

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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/plain/wpa_supplicant/Ch…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75604	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/02/5	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://w1.fi/security/2015-5/incomplete-wps-and-p…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2015-07-08 00:00

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SUSE-SU-2020:3424-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2020-11-19 15:11 - Updated: 2026-09-20 13:43

Summary

Security update for wpa_supplicant

Severity

Moderate

Scope

19 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2015-8041.

CVE-2015-8041

Recommended: 12 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2022:1853-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2022-05-26 07:12 - Updated: 2026-09-20 14:26

Summary

Security update for wpa_supplicant

Severity

Important

Scope

20 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2015-8041.

CVE-2015-8041

Recommended: 36 products

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8041 (CVE-2015-8041)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2015-11-09 16:59 – Updated: 2025-09-08 16:43 – Source website

Details

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8041	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/08/3	REPORT
	http://w1.fi/security/2015-5/	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8041	REPORT

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