CVE-2025-24912 (GCVE-0-2025-24912)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-12 04:43 – Updated: 2025-03-12 13:21
VLAI
Summary
hostapd fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly. When hostapd authenticates wi-fi devices with RADIUS authentication, an attacker in the position between the hostapd and the RADIUS server may inject crafted RADIUS packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-826 - Premature Release of Resource During Expected Lifetime
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Jouni Malinen hostapd Affected: 2.11 and earlier
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