CVE-2017-18277

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: 2018-10-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-835

Description

When dynamic memory allocation fails, currently the process sleeps for one second and continues with infinite loop without retrying for memory allocation in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, QCN5502, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 600, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835.

Affected products

Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Mdm9640 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Msm8909W Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Qcn5502 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 212 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 415 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 425 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 430 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 450 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 600 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 615 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 616 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 625 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 650 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 652 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 810 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 820 Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 820A Firmware: all versions
Qualcomm Sd 835 Firmware: all versions

References

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