CVE-2017-14901

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% 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, while processing the QCA_NL80211_VENDOR_SUBCMD_SET_TXPOWER_SCALE vendor command, in which attribute QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_TXPOWER_SCALE contains fewer than 1 byte, a buffer overrun occurs.

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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