High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 30, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5342
CVE-2016-5342
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the wcnss_wlan_write function in drivers/net/wireless/wcnss/wcnss_wlan.c in the wcnss_wlan device driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to /dev/wcnss_wlan with an unexpected amount of data.
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Affected products
3- Range: 3.x
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92693nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.codeaurora.org/buffer-overflow-vulnerability-wcnsswlanwrite-cve-2016-5342nvdBroken Link
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