CVE-2016-6676
Off-by-one error in CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X and Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) via a crafted application…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Off-by-one error in CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X and Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) via a crafted application that makes a GET_CFG ioctl call, aka Android internal bug 30874066 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1000853.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.70% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- security@android.com
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93328Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=6ba9136879232442a182996427e5c88e5a7512a8Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93328Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=6ba9136879232442a182996427e5c88e5a7512a8Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.