Improper Initialization in iNet wireless daemon (IWD) - CVE-2024-28084
Published: March 11, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87338
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28084
CWE-ID: CWE-665
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
iNet wireless daemon (IWD)
Fedora
iwd
Fedora
iwd
How to mitigate CVE-2024-28084
Install updates from vendor's website.
iNet wireless daemon (IWD) - update to 2.16
iwd - addressed in versions 2.16-1.fc39, 2.16-1.fc40
iwd - addressed in versions 2.16-1.fc39, 2.16-1.fc40