Out-of-Bounds Access Vulnerability in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

Out-of-Bounds Access Vulnerability in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

CVE-2017-14882 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing VENDOR specific action frame in the function lim_process_action_vendor_specific(), a comparison is performed with the incoming action frame body without validating if the action frame body received is of valid length, potentially leading to an out-of-bounds access.

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