ubuntu-cve-2016-5342
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-08-30 17:59
Modified
2025-07-16 04:51
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
7.8 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "linux-azure-cloud-tools-4.15.0-1023",
"binary_version": "4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "linux-azure-cloud-tools-4.15.0-1023-dbgsym",
"binary_version": "4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "linux-azure-headers-4.15.0-1023",
"binary_version": "4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "linux-azure-tools-4.15.0-1023",
"binary_version": "4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "linux-azure-tools-4.15.0-1023-dbgsym",
"binary_version": "4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "linux-cloud-tools-4.15.0-1023-azure",
"binary_version": "4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "linux-headers-4.15.0-1023-azure",
"binary_version": "4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "linux-image-unsigned-4.15.0-1023-azure",
"binary_version": "4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "linux-image-unsigned-4.15.0-1023-azure-dbgsym",
"binary_version": "4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "linux-modules-4.15.0-1023-azure",
"binary_version": "4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-1023-azure",
"binary_version": "4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "linux-tools-4.15.0-1023-azure",
"binary_version": "4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
"name": "linux-azure",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure@4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": []
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5342",
"modified": "2025-07-16T04:51:21Z",
"published": "2016-08-30T17:59:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5342"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=579e796cb089324c55e0e689a180575ba81b23d9"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.codeaurora.org/buffer-overflow-vulnerability-wcnsswlanwrite-cve-2016-5342"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5342"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2016-5342"
],
"withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:33Z"
}
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