hostapd and wpa_supplicant WMM Action Frame Parser Integer Overflow Vulnerability

hostapd is a daemon that implements a wireless access point AP and authentication server. wpasupplicant is a daemon that runs in the background and is used to support WEP, WPA/WPA2 and WAPI wireless protocols and encrypted authentication. An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the WMM Action...

CVE-2015-4142

CVE-2015-4142 involves an integer underflow in the WMM Action frame processing when hostapd/wpa_supplicant run in AP mode (MLME/SME). A crafted frame can trigger an out-of-bounds read, potentially crashing the daemon. Affected products include hostapd and wpa_supplicant (various versions up to 2....