CVE-2018-14855: samsung galaxy_s6

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-14855 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability in samsung galaxy_s6. EPSS estimates a 0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 17-12-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in dhd_bus_flow_ring_flush_response in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd4358/dhd_pcie.c in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 allow an attacker (who has obtained code execution on the Wi-Fi chip) to cause the device driver to perform invalid memory accesses. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11785.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.