{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1863","details":"Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), read memory, or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted SSID information in a management frame when creating or updating P2P entries.","modified":"2026-01-30T01:57:39.767864Z","published":"2015-04-22T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2577-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-1863"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1863"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2577-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1863"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"wpa","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/wpa@2.1-0ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1-0ubuntu1.2"}]}],"versions":["1.0-3ubuntu2","1.0-3ubuntu3","1.0-3ubuntu4","2.1-0ubuntu1","2.1-0ubuntu1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:2.1-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"hostapd"},{"binary_version":"2.1-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"wpagui"},{"binary_version":"2.1-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"wpasupplicant"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1863.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}