WLAN Driver Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in Android Releases

CVE-2018-3579 · LOW Severity

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

In the WLAN driver in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel, event->num_entries_in_page is a value received from firmware that is not properly validated which can lead to a buffer over-read

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