{"id":"CVE-2017-18169","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-18169","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:19:58.274Z","title":"User process can perform the kernel DOS in ashmem when doing cache maintenance operation in all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the Linux kernel.","description":"User process can perform the kernel DOS in ashmem when doing cache maintenance operation in all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the Linux kernel.","published":"2018-06-15T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:12:18.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@qualcomm.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-617"],"affected":["google/android"],"epss":{"score":0.00145,"percentile":0.03749,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/06/04/june-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@qualcomm.com"},{"url":"https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/06/04/june-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18169","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}