CVE-2015-4142: opensuse
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-4142 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in opensuse. EPSS estimates a 4.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 8Timeline
- 15-06-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer underflow in the WMM Action frame parser in hostapd 0.5.5 through 2.4 and wpa_supplicant 0.7.0 through 2.4, when used for AP mode MLME/SME functionality, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted frame, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.00%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.16 pp
From 4.17% on 05-10-2026
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
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat6 products
- enterprise_linux_desktop6.0
- enterprise_linux_hpc_node6.0
- enterprise_linux_server6.0
- enterprise_linux_workstation6.0
- wpa_supplicant< 1:0.7.3-6.el6
Debian2 products
- hostapd< 1:0.6.10-2+squeeze2
- wpa< 2.3-2.2
W1.fi2 products
- hostapd0.7.0 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.7.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4
- wpa_supplicant0.7.0 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.7.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL13.1 | 13.2
Ubuntu1 product
- wpa< 2.1-0ubuntu1.3
5 vendors · 12 products
References
26 links- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172608.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171401.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- w1.fi/security/2015-3/integer-underflow-in-ap-mode-wmm-action-frame.txtX Refsource CONFIRMVendor AdvisoryARTICLEREPORT
Show all 26 references
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172655.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213258X Refsource CONFIRM
- w1.fi/security/2015-3/REPORT