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CVE-2017-14896

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2017-12-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, there is a memory allocation without a length field validation in the mobicore driver which can result in an undersize buffer allocation. Ultimately this can result in a kernel memory overwrite.

Affected products

• Android: all versions

References

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01

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