In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, improper controls in MSM CO…

published 2018-03-16 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-9205

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 4%
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, improper controls in MSM CORE leads to use memory after it is freed in msm_core_ioctl().

Patch / fix

links 1

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=ff11f44c0c10c94170f03a8… commit

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Exploit prediction

0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% 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-416 Use After Free

References

source.codeaurora.org /quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=ff11f44c0c10c94170f03a8698f73f7e08b74625
patch, third-party-advisory
source.android.com /security/bulletin/pixel/2018-03-01
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-18066
NVD CVE-2017-18066

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