# CVE-2017-14882: In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing VENDOR spec

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-03-15 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, while processing VENDOR specific action frame in the function lim_process_action_vendor_specific(), a comparison is performed with the incoming action frame body without validating if the action frame body received is of valid length, potentially leading to an out-of-bounds access.

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## References

- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-03-01
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=cd10091f03f6255a47d7146eea5738f1f4ceea35
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103254

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