CVE-2018-14526

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 16
Modified
Published: 08 Aug 2018, 19:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 09:29

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.21% LOW
1% probability +0.04%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Aug 2018, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 09:29
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in rsn_supp/wpa.c in wpa_supplicant 2.0 through 2.6. Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key messages is not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker within range of the Access Point and client can abuse the vulnerability to recover sensitive information.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 3.3AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.21%• Percentile: 79%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-924•Improper Enforcement of Message Integrity During Transmission in a Communication Channel

    The product establishes a communication channel with an endpoint and receives a message from that endpoint, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the message was not modified during transmission.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • w1.fi•wpa_supplicant

    ≥ 2.0, ≤ 2.6

References (10)