CVE-2017-17766
In wma_peer_info_event_handler() in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-10-03, the value of num_peers received from firmware is not properly validated so that an integer overflow vulnerability in the size of a buffer…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In wma_peer_info_event_handler() in Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android before 2017-10-03, the value of num_peers received from firmware is not properly validated so that an integer overflow vulnerability in the size of a buffer allocation may potentially lead to a buffer overflow.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.64% probability · 49th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- product-security@qualcomm.com
References
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-02-01Vendor Advisory
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=a37d8a78f5bd0e9a2c91de46721a6d80bd229a43Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-02-01Vendor Advisory
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=a37d8a78f5bd0e9a2c91de46721a6d80bd229a43Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.