UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3874

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3874

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3874.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3874

Related

CVE-2016-3874

Withdrawn

2025-06-23T15:52:46Z

Published

2016-09-11T21:59:00Z

Modified

2026-02-04T03:09:01Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wext.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-09-05 on Nexus 5X devices does not properly validate the arguments array, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that sends a WE_UNIT_TEST_CMD command, aka Android internal bug 29944562 and Qualcomm internal bug CR997797.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / linux-flo

Package

Name: linux-flo
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-flo@3.4.0-5.23?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.0-5.19

3.4.0-5.22

3.4.0-5.23

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3874.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / linux-mako

Package

Name: linux-mako
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-mako@3.4.0-7.44?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.0-7.39

3.4.0-7.40

3.4.0-7.41

3.4.0-7.44

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3874.json"