CVE-2016-5342

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5342
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-30T17:59:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-04T19:13:37
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 7.0
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.0 3.19.8
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=579e796cb089324c55e0e689a180575ba81b23d9 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/buffer-overflow-vulnerability-wcnsswlanwrite-cve-2016-5342 Broken Link
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92693 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5342
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5342
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:26:18 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:57:20 2016-08-30T17:59Z 2016-08-30T17:59:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:57:20 2020-08-04T19:13:37 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:57:20 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated