Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-3874 (CCN-116837)

Assigned:2016-09-06
Published:2016-09-06
Updated:2017-08-13
Summary:CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wext.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X devices does not properly validate the arguments array, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that sends a WE_UNIT_TEST_CMD command, aka Android internal bug 29944562 and Qualcomm internal bug CR997797.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:9.3 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-264
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: CCN
Type: Google Web site
Android

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-3874

Source: CCN
Type: Android Open Source Project
Android Security Bulletin—September 2016

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
92882

Source: CCN
Type: BID-92882
Linux Kernel CVE-2016-3874 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1036763

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
android-cve20163874-priv-esc(116837)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=50e8f265b3f7926aeb4e49c33f7301ace89faa77

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=a3974e61c960aadcc147c3c5704a67309171642d

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 7.0)

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20163874000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3874 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2016-09-11
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20163874000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3874 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2016-09-11
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201638740000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-3874 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2016-09-11
    BACK
    google android *
    google android *