wpa_supplicant and hostapd 0.7.2 through 2.2, when running with certain configurations and using wpa_cli or hostapd_cli with action scripts, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted frame.
CVE-2014-3686 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from w1.fi, from w1.fi, from canonical and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2014-10-16T00:55:05.577
2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Deferred
CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.6
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | w1.fi | hostapd | 0.7.2 | Yes |
| Application | w1.fi | hostapd | 1.0 | Yes |
| Application | w1.fi | hostapd | 1.1 | Yes |
| Application | w1.fi | hostapd | 2.0 | Yes |
| Application | w1.fi | hostapd | 2.1 | Yes |
| Application | w1.fi | hostapd | 2.2 | Yes |
| Application | w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 0.72 | Yes |
| Application | w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 1.0 | Yes |
| Application | w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 1.1 | Yes |
| Application | w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 2.0 | Yes |
| Application | w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 2.1 | Yes |
| Application | w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 2.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | Yes |
| Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | Yes |
| Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | Yes |
| Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 6.0 | Yes |
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