CVE-2015-0569
Heap-based buffer overflow in the private wireless extensions IOCTL implementation in wlan_hdd_wext.c in the WLAN (aka Wi-Fi) driver for…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 6.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Linux Kernel 3.x/4.x - prima WLAN Driver Heap Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 39308dos, linuxpublished 25 Jan 2016Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 39308 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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By mitre
- 16 months later
· 16 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.5% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 77691 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/multiple-issues-wlan-driver-allow-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2015 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39308 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-0582 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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