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CVE-2015-0569 Details

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the private wireless extensions IOCTL implementation in wlan_hdd_wext.c in the WLAN (aka Wi-Fi) driver for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that establishes a packet filter.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html CVEVendor Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/multiple-issues-wlan-driver-allow-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2015 CVEBroken Link
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39308/ CVEExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77691 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html [email protected]Vendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
>= 3.0.0, <= 3.19.8
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.20.15

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-0569
NVD Published Date:
May 9, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-0569 Details - Not Deferred