CVE-2016-4476

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CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

EPSS

3%p86

Published

May 9, 2016 (May 9, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: w1.fi canonical
Products: hostapd, wpa supplicant, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.9%)

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