CVE-2017-15842

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: 2018-06-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Buffer might get used after it gets freed due to unlocking the mutex before freeing the buffer in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

Affected products

Android: all versions

References

https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/05/11/may-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin-2
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-05-01
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/05/11/may-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin-2

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