Heap-based buffer overflow in the private wireless extensions IOCTL implementation in wlan_hdd_wext.c in the WLAN (aka Wi-Fi) driver for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that establishes a packet filter.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0569
Reference (s):
- BID:77691
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77691
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html
- https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/multiple-issues-wlan-driver-allow-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2015
- EXPLOIT-DB:39308