Premature Release of Resource During Expected Lifetime in hostapd - CVE-2025-24912
Published: March 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105624
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24912
CWE-ID: CWE-826
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jouni Malinen
Affected software:
hostapd
hostapd
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected application fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly. A remote attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-24912
Install updates from vendor's website.