{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2016-4477","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-09T00:57:33.569753Z","published":"2016-05-09T10:59:42.987Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-4477"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-4477"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"wpa_supplicant","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.4","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/wpa_supplicant?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.5-r3"}]}],"versions":["0.5.11-r0","0.6.10-r0","0.6.9-r0","0.6.9-r1","0.7.1-r0","0.7.1-r1","0.7.1-r2","0.7.2-r0","0.7.2-r1","0.7.2-r2","0.7.3-r0","0.7.3-r1","0.7.3-r2","1.0-r0","1.0-r1","1.0-r2","1.1-r0","1.1-r1","2.0-r0","2.0-r1","2.0-r2","2.0-r3","2.1-r0","2.1-r1","2.1-r2","2.2-r0","2.3-r0","2.3-r1","2.4-r0","2.4-r1","2.4-r2","2.4-r3","2.4-r4","2.4-r5","2.4-r6","2.4-r7","2.4-r8","2.5-r0","2.5-r1","2.5-r2"],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-4477.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}