CVE-2018-3578 (GCVE-0-2018-3578)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:52
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Type mismatch for ie_len can cause the WLAN driver to allocate less memory on the heap due to implicit casting leading to a heap buffer overflow in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size in WLAN
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualcomm, Inc. | Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android |
Affected:
All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel
|
guessed |
Date Public
2018-05-11 00:00
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