CVE-2016-3905 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_main.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that sends a SENDACTIONFRAME command, aka Android internal bug 28061823 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1001449.

Published: 2016-10-10

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4918	CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_main.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that sends a SENDACTIONFRAME command, aka Android internal bug 28061823 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1001449.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00061.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93328
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=b5112838eb91b71eded4b5ee37338535784e0aef

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published: 2016-10-10T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:10:31.895Z

Reserved: 2016-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3905

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-10T10:59:11.620

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-3905

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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