Stack-based buffer overflow in aircrack-ng - CVE-2014-8321
Published: January 31, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34842
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8321
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: aircrack-ng
Affected software:
aircrack-ng
aircrack-ng
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the gps_tracker function in airodump-ng.c when processing unspecified vectors. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-8321
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://aircrack-ng.blogspot.com/2014/10/aircrack-ng-12-release-candidate-1.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128943/Aircrack-ng-1.2-Beta-3-DoS-Code-Execution.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98458
- https://github.com/aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng/commit/ff70494dd389ba570dbdbf36f217c28d4381c6b5/
- https://github.com/aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng/pull/13