CVE-2017-6421
In the touch controller function in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, a variable may be controlled by the user and can lead to a buffer overflow.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the touch controller function in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, a variable may be controlled by the user and can lead to a buffer overflow.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.55% probability · 46th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- product-security@qualcomm.com
EPSS 0.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=be42c7ff1f0396484882451fd18f47144c8f1b6bIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=be42c7ff1f0396484882451fd18f47144c8f1b6bIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.