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

CVE-2018-5828 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/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 function wma_extscan_start_stop_event_handler(), vdev_id comes from the variable event from firmware and is not properly validated potentially leading to a buffer overwrite.

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