CVE-2016-5342

Heap-based buffer overflow in the wcnss_wlan_write function in drivers/net/wireless/wcnss/wcnss_wlan.c in the wcnss_wlan device driver for the Linux kernel…

published August 30, 2016

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Heap-based buffer overflow in the wcnss_wlan_write function in drivers/net/wireless/wcnss/wcnss_wlan.c in the wcnss_wlan device driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to /dev/wcnss_wlan with an unexpected amount of data.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00511 · 42.4th percentile
Published
2016-08-30T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 AUG 17:00Z
    Heap-based buffer overflow in the wcnss_wlan_write function in drivers/net/wireless/wcnss/wcnss_wlan.c in the wcnss_wlan device driver for the Linux kernel…
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