VDB
GHSA-6wvw-rh6v-m2p7
GHSA-6wvw-rh6v-m2p7
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
In __wlan_hdd_cfg80211_vendor_scan() in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-07-05, when SCAN_SSIDS and QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_SCAN_FREQUENCIES are parsed, a buffer overwrite can potentially occur.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-07-01 url
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=41ad3f76792e08a84962a0b8e9cfb1ba6c4c9ca6 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5862 advisory
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin url