High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 9, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-0569
CVE-2015-0569
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the private wireless extensions IOCTL implementation in wlan_hdd_wext.c in the WLAN (aka Wi-Fi) driver for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that establishes a packet filter.
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4- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39308/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/77691nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/multiple-issues-wlan-driver-allow-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2015nvdBroken Link
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