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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-0470 · published 14 March 2005

CVE-2005-0470: Wpa supplicant vulnerability

WWpa Supplicant · Wpa Supplicant

Buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant before 0.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via invalid EAPOL-Key packet data.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.7% · top 14.5%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant before 0.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via invalid EAPOL-Key packet data.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2005-February/009465.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/14313 PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013226
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-22.xml PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19357
http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2005-February/009465.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/14313 PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013226
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-22.xml PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19357

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-0470), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-07). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.