CVE-2015-0569 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-0569?

CVE-2015-0569 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 9 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0569?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0569?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-0569 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-0569 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0569 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as CVE-2016-11051, GHSA-wjf2-j9hj-wpfg.