Integer Overflow Vulnerability in Qualcomm Android and Firefox OS

CVE-2017-15836 · 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, if the firmware sends a service ready event to the host with a large number in the num_hw_modes or num_phy, then it could result in an integer overflow which may potentially lead to a buffer overflow.

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