Buffer Overflow in Qualcomm Wi-Fi Driver on Nexus 7 (2013) Devices via Crafted Information Element in 802.11 Management Frame

Buffer Overflow in Qualcomm Wi-Fi Driver on Nexus 7 (2013) Devices via Crafted Information Element in 802.11 Management Frame

CVE-2014-9902 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Buffer overflow in CORE/SYS/legacy/src/utils/src/dot11f.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Information Element (IE) in an 802.11 management frame, aka Android internal bug 28668638 and Qualcomm internal bugs CR553937 and CR553941.

Learn more about our Cis Benchmark Audit For Google Android.