Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 9, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-8041
CVE-2015-8041
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the NDEF record parser in hostapd before 2.5 and wpa_supplicant before 2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash or infinite loop) via a large payload length field value in an (1) WPS or (2) P2P NFC NDEF record, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
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Affected products
29- osv-coords25 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 2.9-lp151.5.10.1+ 24 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-lp151.5.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-lp152.8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-13.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2-14.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-4.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-4.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-4.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-4.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2-14.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-23.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-4.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2-14.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-23.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-4.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9-15.22.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00037.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00041.htmlnvd
- w1.fi/security/2015-5/incomplete-wps-and-p2p-nfc-ndef-record-payload-length-validation.txtnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/02/5nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75604nvd
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