Buffer Overwrite Vulnerability in Qualcomm Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android with Linux Kernel

CVE-2017-14894 · HIGH Severity

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

In Qualcomm Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel before security patch level 2018-04-05, in wma_vdev_start_resp_handler(), vdev id is received from firmware as part of WMI_VDEV_START_RESP_EVENTID. This vdev id can be greater than max bssid stored in wma handle and this would result in buffer overwrite while accessing wma_handle->interfaces[vdev_id].

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