While processing the QCA_NL80211_VENDOR_SUBCMD_SET_TXPOWER_SCALE_DECR_DB vendor command, in which attribute QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_TXPOWER_SC…

published 2018-03-30 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-7281

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

links 1

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/co… commit

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Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Qualcomm, Inc. Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

source.codeaurora.org /quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=88dcc44ea8fbe158d1dee3ea197e47794bf4449d
patch, third-party-advisory
source.android.com /security/bulletin/pixel/2018-02-01
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-15859
NVD CVE-2017-15859

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