What is CVE-2016-4477?

CVE-2016-4477 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-05-09.

How severe is CVE-2016-4477?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-4477

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (17.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-19

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4477?: CVE-2016-4477 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2016-4477?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.