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CVE-2021-27803
A vulnerability was discovered in how p2p/p2p_pd.c in wpa_supplicant before...
Vulnerability Description
A vulnerability was discovered in how p2p/p2p_pd.c in wpa_supplicant before 2.10 processes P2P (Wi-Fi Direct) provision discovery requests. It could result in denial of service or other impact (potentially execution of arbitrary code), for an attacker within radio range.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/25/3
- https://w1.fi/security/2021-1/wpa_supplicant-p2p-provision-discovery-processing-vulnerability.txt
- https://w1.fi/security/2021-1/0001-P2P-Fix-a-corner-case-in-peer-addition-based-on-PD-R.patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/27/1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KOGP2VIVVXXQ6CZ2HU4DKGPDB4WR24XF/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00003.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IZGUR5XFHATVXTRAEJMODS7ROYHA56NX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SEHS2CFGH3KCSNPHBHNGN5SGV6QPMLZ4/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4898
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
wpa supplicant, fedora, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0, 32, 33, 34, 9.0, 10.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 26th, 2021
Last Modified:
December 18th, 2025
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
No vector data available
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.