VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-15844
In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, while processing the function for writing device values into flash, uninitialized memory can be written to flash.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.17%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In all android releases (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, while processing the function for writing device values into flash, uninitialized memory can be written to flash.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.17% probability · 6th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- product-security@qualcomm.com
References
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=19622514c69e798d91e7908090b3d79dfdb14715Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletinPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/lk/commit/?id=19622514c69e798d91e7908090b3d79dfdb14715Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletinPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.