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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-4445 · published 10 October 2012

CVE-2012-4445: W1.fi hostapd memory buffer overflow vulnerability

WW1.Fi · Hostapd

Heap-based buffer overflow in the eap_server_tls_process_fragment function in eap_server_tls_common.c in the EAP authentication server in hostapd 0.6 through 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or abort) via a small "TLS Message Length" value in an EAP-TLS message with the "More Fragments" flag set.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 4.2% · top 9.1% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
4.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
24References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the eap_server_tls_process_fragment function in eap_server_tls_common.c in the EAP authentication server in hostapd 0.6 through 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or abort) via a small "TLS Message Length" value in an EAP-TLS message with the "More Fragments" flag set.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://osvdb.org/86051
http://secunia.com/advisories/50805 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50888 Vendor Advisory
http://w1.fi/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=586c446e0ff42ae00315b014924ec669023bd8de
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2557
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-12:07.hostapd.asc
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:168
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/08/3
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2012-07.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55826
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027808
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79104
http://osvdb.org/86051
http://secunia.com/advisories/50805 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50888 Vendor Advisory
http://w1.fi/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=586c446e0ff42ae00315b014924ec669023bd8de
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2557
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-12:07.hostapd.asc
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:168
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/08/3
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2012-07.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55826
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027808
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79104

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-4445), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-15). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.