CVE-2015-0210: w1.fi wpa_supplicant Improper Certificate Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-0210 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in w1.fi wpa_supplicant. EPSS estimates a 0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 5.9, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 28-08-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
wpa_supplicant 2.0-16 does not properly check certificate subject name, which allows remote attackers to cause a man-in-the-middle attack.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
0.90%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
60%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.90% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse2 products
- wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4< 0.7.1-6.18.6.1
- wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4< 0.7.1-6.18.6.1
W1.fi1 product
- wpa_supplicant2.0-16
2 vendors · 3 products
References
5 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178263X Refsource CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178921X Refsource CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.suse.com/915323REPORT