CVE-2017-14899 (GCVE-0-2017-14899)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-05 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing the QCA_NL80211_VENDOR_SUBCMD_SET_TXPOWER_SCALE_DECR_DB vendor command, in which attribute QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_TXPOWER_SCALE_DECR_DB contains fewer than 1 byte, a buffer overrun occurs.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- Buffer overrun vulnerability in txpower scale decr db vendor command
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixe… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualcomm, Inc. | Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android |
Affected:
All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel
|
Date Public
2017-12-04 00:00
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