CVE-2017-18051

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-03-16 · 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, improper input validation for event->vdev_id in wma_rcpi_event_handler(), which is received from firmware, leads to potential out of bounds memory read.

Affected products

Android: all versions

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-03-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=38fba6a9f6ca3c7bf0c4c1bd84fa2b89fbcaeb93
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-03-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=38fba6a9f6ca3c7bf0c4c1bd84fa2b89fbcaeb93

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