CVE-2016-5342

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.

• CWE-787

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92693Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=579e796cb089324c55e0e689a180575ba81b23d9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.codeaurora.org/buffer-overflow-vulnerability-wcnsswlanwrite-cve-2016-5342Broken Link
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92693Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=579e796cb089324c55e0e689a180575ba81b23d9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.codeaurora.org/buffer-overflow-vulnerability-wcnsswlanwrite-cve-2016-5342Broken Link

Published

Aug 30, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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