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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-08-30T17:00:00

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

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

Link: CVE-2016-5342

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2020-08-04T19:13:37.973

Link: CVE-2016-5342

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2016-5342 - Bugzilla