CVE-2015-0569

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39308/

https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/multiple-issues-wlan-driver-allow-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2015

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-0582

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77691

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS