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Out-of-bounds Write

CVE-2017-11012

High
7.8/10

Summary

In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, when processing a specially crafted QCA_NL80211_VENDOR_SUBCMD_ENCRYPTION_TEST cfg80211 vendor command a stack-based buffer overflow can occur.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-787 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability is a memory access bug that allows software to write data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. This may result in the corruption of data, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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