CVE-2016-4477

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CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p17

Published

May 9, 2016 (May 9, 2016)

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.

Vendors: google
Products: android
Weakness: CWE-19
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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