CVE-2015-5316: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 3.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The eap_pwd_perform_confirm_exchange function in eap_peer/eap_pwd.c in wpa_supplicant 2.x before 2.6, when EAP-pwd is enabled in a network configuration profile, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an EAP-pwd Confirm message followed by the Identity exchange.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• w1.fi Wpa Supplicant: from 2.0, before 2.6 (fixed in 2.6)

Published 2018-02-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.