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CVE-2016-4476
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-09T10:59:41.813 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:47:37.830

Summary

hostapd 0.6.7 through 2.5 and wpa_supplicant 0.6.7 through 2.5 do not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a crafted WPS operation.

Affected products

w1.fi — hostapd

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References

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