User process can perform the kernel DOS in ashmem when doing cache maintenance operation in all Android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox O…

published 2018-06-15 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-9304

cvss: 5.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

links 1

codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/06/04/june-2018-code-aurora-securit… advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.9	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

Qualcomm, Inc. Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android

Classification

Weakness

CWE-617 Reachable Assertion

References

codeaurora.org /security-bulletin/2018/06/04/june-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin
patch, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-18169
NVD CVE-2017-18169

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