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CVE-2016-3874

CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wext.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X devices does not properly validate the arguments array, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that sends a WE_UNIT_TEST_CMD command, aka Android internal bug 29944562 and Qualcomm internal bug CR997797.

Published

2016-09-11T21:59:17.477

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	google	android	≤ 7.0	Yes

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92882 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 ([email protected])
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=50e8f265b3f7926aeb4e49c33f7301ace89faa77 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=a3974e61c960aadcc147c3c5704a67309171642d Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92882 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=50e8f265b3f7926aeb4e49c33f7301ace89faa77 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=a3974e61c960aadcc147c3c5704a67309171642d Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)