CVE-2017-18054

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: 2018-03-16 · 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 num_vdev_mac_entries in wma_pdev_hw_mode_transition_evt_handler(), which is received from firmware, leads to potential buffer overflow.

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=6eefc756612e39fab49ff719b3dc9b94def53396
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=6eefc756612e39fab49ff719b3dc9b94def53396

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