CVE-2017-14872

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-07-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

While flashing a meta image, a buffer over-read can potentially occur when the number of images are out of the maximum range of 32 in Android releases from CAF using the linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-06-05.

Affected products

Android: all versions

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=1daa83baa41d1e6291e89f69e6487695b6890c01
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=1daa83baa41d1e6291e89f69e6487695b6890c01

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