CVE-2017-15859 Memory corruption in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

What is CVE-2017-15859?

CVE-2017-15859 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 30 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

While processing the QCA_NL80211_VENDOR_SUBCMD_SET_TXPOWER_SCALE_DECR_DB vendor command, in which attribute QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_TXPOWER_SCALE_DECR_DB contains fewer than 1 byte, in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-08-11 a buffer overrun occurs.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15859?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15859?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-15859 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-2017-15859 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15859 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rvpq-468x-qvhx.