CVE-2017-9693 — MEDIUM (5.5)

Vulnerability Description

The length of attribute value for STA_EXT_CAPABILITY in __wlan_hdd_change_station in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-06-06 being less than the actual lenth of StaParams.extn_capability results in a read for extra bytes when a memcpy is done from params->ext_capab to StaParams.extn_capability using the sizeof(StaParams.extn_capability).

CVSS Score

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

HIGH

Integrity

NONE

Availability

NONE

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Google	Android	-

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100210Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcaclPatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2017/10/20/october-2017-v1Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100210Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcaclPatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2017/10/20/october-2017-v1Third Party Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2017-9693?

CVE-2017-9693 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). The length of attribute value for STA_EXT_CAPABILITY in __wlan_hdd_change_station in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-06-06 being less than the actual lenth of StaParam...

How severe is CVE-2017-9693?

CVE-2017-9693 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 5.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2017-9693?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Google Android.