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.
Published: 2016-08-30
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6293 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.
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:00:58.698Z

Reserved: 2016-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5342

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-08-30T17:59:02.567

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-5342

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5342 - Bugzilla

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