CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-11089

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android, a buffer overread is observed in nl80211_set_station. This issue occurs when a user space application sends the NL80211_ATTR_LOCAL_MESH_POWER_MODE attribute with data smaller than 4 bytes.

Risk Assessment

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to read unauthorized data from memory, potentially leading to the disclosure of sensitive information.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor user applications for unauthorized operations.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a buffer overread is observed in nl80211_set_station when user space application sends attribute NL80211_ATTR_LOCAL_MESH_POWER_MODE with data of size less than 4 bytes

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS