Critical severity · published Mar 15, 2018
CVE-2017-15815
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a potential buffer overflow can happen when processing any 802.11…
9.8
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a potential buffer overflow can happen when processing any 802.11 MGMT frames like Auth frame in limProcessAuthFrame.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Android · Google
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15815
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15815
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103254
Vendor Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-03-01
Patch
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=a5096157fd80350a0e0409e7ad96265ae60861f6
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