VDB
GHSA-cxmm-vrgq-jq7x
GHSA-cxmm-vrgq-jq7x
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022
CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wext.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X devices does not properly validate the arguments array, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that sends a WE_UNIT_TEST_CMD command, aka Android internal bug 29944562 and Qualcomm internal bug CR997797.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
- May 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=50e8f265b3f7926aeb4e49c33f7301ace89faa77 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92882 url
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=a3974e61c960aadcc147c3c5704a67309171642d url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3874 advisory
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 url