CVEs-PoC/2016/CVE-2016-4477.md

### [CVE-2016-4477](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4477)
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### Description

wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary library loading and consequently gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (daemon outage), via a crafted (1) SET, (2) SET_CRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1

#### Github
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