7.8

CVE-2016-4477: google android Data Processing Errors

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-4477UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4477DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4477
Published 09-05-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-4477 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Data Processing Errors vulnerability in google android. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Duplicates 1 · Related 2
DLA-473-1MGASA-2016-0199OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10499-1USN-3455-1CVE-2016-2447

Timeline

  1. 09-05-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • wpa_supplicant< 2.5-r3
Debian1 product
  • wpa< 2.3-2.4
Google1 product
  • androidEOL4.4.4 | 5.0.2 | 5.1.1 | 6.0 | 6.0.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wpa< 2.1-0ubuntu1.5 | < 2.4-0ubuntu6.2 | < 2.4-0ubuntu10

4 vendors · 4 products

References

10 links