CVE-2017-14901

HIGH

Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android - Buffer Overflow via QCA_NL80211_VENDOR_SUBCMD_SET_TXPOWER_SCALE

Title source: llm

Description

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing the QCA_NL80211_VENDOR_SUBCMD_SET_TXPOWER_SCALE vendor command, in which attribute QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_TXPOWER_SCALE contains fewer than 1 byte, a buffer overrun occurs.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 4.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-119

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 Dec 05, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026