Description
In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, currently, the value of SIR_MAC_AUTH_CHALLENGE_LENGTH is set to 128 which may result in buffer overflow since the frame parser allows challenge text of length up to 253 bytes, but the driver can not handle challenge text larger than 128 bytes.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101774
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-11-01
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
11.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (2)
google/android
Qualcomm, Inc./Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android
All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel
Published
Nov 16, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026