{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2016-4477", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20160503 Re: hostapd/wpa_supplicant - psk configuration parameter update allowing arbitrary data to be written", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/12" }, { "name": "USN-3455-1", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1" } ] } }