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Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVE-2017-18070

High
7.8/10

Summary

In wma_ndp_end_response_event_handler(), the variable len_end_rsp is a uint32 which can be overflowed if the value of variable "event->num_ndp_end_rsp_per_ndi_list" is very large which can then lead to a heap overwrite of the heap object end_rsp in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

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

CWE-119 - Buffer Overflow

Buffer overflow attacks involve data transit and operations exceeding the restricted memory buffer, thereby corrupting or overwriting data in adjacent memory locations. Such overflow allows the attacker to run arbitrary code or manipulate the existing code to cause privilege escalation, data breach, denial of service, system crash and even complete system compromise. Given that languages such as C and C++ lack default safeguards against overwriting or accessing data in their memory, applications utilizing these languages are most susceptible to buffer overflows attacks.

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  • Published