CVE-2017-14878

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-03-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a length variable which is used to copy data has a size of only 8 bits and can be exceeded resulting in a denial of service.

Affected products

Android: all versions

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103254
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-03-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=27f1c544d6737bcb3dc4bb114badcd47ce946a8b
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103254
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-03-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=27f1c544d6737bcb3dc4bb114badcd47ce946a8b

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