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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-15842

Buffer might get used after it gets freed due to unlocking the mutex before freeing the buffer in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Buffer might get used after it gets freed due to unlocking the mutex before freeing the buffer in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

CVSS 3.0
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.17% probability · 6th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
google/android
Source
product-security@qualcomm.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.