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 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

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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

Published May 9, 2016

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 6.47%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

6.47% 0.06468

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.06468

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	6.47% (0.06468)	93.54th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	6.47% (0.06468)	92.84th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.39% (0.01387)	79.03th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.40% (0.00401)	74.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.40% (0.00401)	72.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.40% (0.00401)	69.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.36% (0.02362)	81.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.36% (0.02362)	79.71th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.36% (0.02362)	58.35th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

References (4)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77691
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/multiple-issues-wlan-driver-allow-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2015
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39308/
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77691		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/multiple-issues-wlan-driver-allow-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2015		x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39308/		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 9, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2015

Link CVE-2015-0569

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-0569

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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