PT-2018-8530
CVE-2017-9712
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Published
2018-01-10
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Updated
2019-10-03
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Android for MSM (affected versions not specified)
Firefox OS for MSM (affected versions not specified)
QRD Android (affected versions not specified)
Description
A buffer over-read issue occurs when userspace provides a too-large IE length in
wlan hdd cfg80211 set ie. This issue affects Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.Recommendations
For Android for MSM, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue.
For Firefox OS for MSM, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue.
For QRD Android, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue.
As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the IE length in
wlan hdd cfg80211 set ie to prevent buffer over-reads. Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾