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CVE-2016-3874 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance), CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92882 Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance), CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance), CVE
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=50e8f265b3f7926aeb4e49c33f7301ace89faa77 Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance), CVE Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=a3974e61c960aadcc147c3c5704a67309171642d Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance), CVE Issue Tracking  Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-3874
NVD Published Date:
09/11/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance)