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 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.

CVSS v3.1

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 42th percentile

Published

2016-08-30

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• externalist/exploit_playground616★ · 2020-10-01
• likekabin/exploit_playground_lists_androidCVE1★ · 2018-07-17
• likescam/exploit_playground_lists_androidCVE1★ · 2018-07-17

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-2434
• CVE-2016-8655
• CVE-2017-2547
• CVE-2018-4233
• CVE-2013-0074
• CVE-2015-5477