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CVE-2015-0569

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 6.47% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-05-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2015-0569
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
6.47%
Linux Android

Original NVD 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.