Denial of service in iNet wireless daemon (IWD)

1) Improper Initialization

EUVDB-ID: #VU87338

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28084

CWE-ID: CWE-665 - Improper Initialization

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper initialization in p2putil.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

iNet wireless daemon (IWD): 2.0 - 2.15

External links

http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/wireless/iwd.git/commit/?id=52a47c9fd428904de611a90cbf8b223af879684d
http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/wireless/iwd.git/commit/?id=d34b4e16e045142590ed7cb653e01ed0ae5362eb

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.