CVE-2017-8281 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition can allow access to already freed memory while querying event status via DCI.

Published: 2017-09-21

Score: 4.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-17243	In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition can allow access to already freed memory while querying event status via DCI.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00084.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100658
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8281
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8281

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: qualcomm

Published: 2017-09-21T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:34:22.293Z

Reserved: 2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8281

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-21T15:29:00.807

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-8281

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-03-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8281 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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