CVE-2016-4477
First published: Mon May 09 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Google Android | =4.4.4 | |
| Google Android | =5.0.2 | |
| Google Android | =5.1.1 | |
| Google Android | =6.0 | |
| Google Android | =6.0.1 |
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- vendor/google
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- version/google android/4.4.4
- version/google android/5.0.2
- version/google android/5.1.1
- version/google android/6.0
- version/google android/6.0.1