{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5342","details":"Heap-based buffer overflow in the wcnss_wlan_write function in drivers/net/wireless/wcnss/wcnss_wlan.c in the wcnss_wlan device driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to /dev/wcnss_wlan with an unexpected amount of data.","modified":"2025-07-16T07:34:45.524807Z","published":"2016-08-30T17:59:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:43:33Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-5342"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5342"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=579e796cb089324c55e0e689a180575ba81b23d9"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.codeaurora.org/buffer-overflow-vulnerability-wcnsswlanwrite-cve-2016-5342"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5342"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"linux-azure","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure@4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"linux-azure-cloud-tools-4.15.0-1023","binary_version":"4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"linux-azure-cloud-tools-4.15.0-1023-dbgsym","binary_version":"4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"linux-azure-headers-4.15.0-1023","binary_version":"4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"linux-azure-tools-4.15.0-1023","binary_version":"4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"linux-azure-tools-4.15.0-1023-dbgsym","binary_version":"4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"linux-cloud-tools-4.15.0-1023-azure","binary_version":"4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"linux-headers-4.15.0-1023-azure","binary_version":"4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"linux-image-unsigned-4.15.0-1023-azure","binary_version":"4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"linux-image-unsigned-4.15.0-1023-azure-dbgsym","binary_version":"4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"linux-modules-4.15.0-1023-azure","binary_version":"4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-1023-azure","binary_version":"4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"},{"binary_name":"linux-tools-4.15.0-1023-azure","binary_version":"4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5342.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}