In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in the processing of messag…

published 2018-03-16 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-6365

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, in the processing of messages of type eWNI_SME_MODIFY_ADDITIONAL_IES, an integer overflow leading to heap buffer overflow may potentially occur.

Patch / fix

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source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/co… commit

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Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

source.codeaurora.org /quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=4ce28e7c85f89e2c3555ec840b6adda47bd5dab0
patch, third-party-advisory
source.android.com /security/bulletin/pixel/2018-03-01
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-14887
NVD CVE-2017-14887

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